A common Irish seaweed could be used to reduce blood pressure, according to findings by Teagasc food scientists.

WE’VE come a long way from the days when cod liver oil was dosed in unwelcome spoonfuls to children and carrageen moss was sampled by ageing grandmothers, who seemed to find it more palatable than we did the oil.

Marine scientists in the North and the Republic are making a significant contribution to exploiting their 220 million acres of shared sea resource, according to President Michael D Higgins.