The Irish Planning Institute (IPI) — the all-island body for professional planners engaged in physical, spatial and environmental planning in Ireland — has announced the election of four new members as Fellows at the institute’s annual Autumn Planning Conference.

This month saw the opening of three Educate Together national schools in Dublin, Wexford and Galway; and one second-level school in Kildare.

The current supermarket price war spells good news for hard-pressed consumers in the short term, but is it sustainable and will the long-term consequences for Irish suppliers and producers prove detrimental?

THE Turkish market has been opened up for Irish beef exports and should help to drive on cattle prices paid to farmers.