Teagasc is working with pig farmers to develop a joint programme as part of ambitious growth plans for the sector.

NIALL TURNER flies into Spain today to prepare for what he describes as the biggest pressure week of the professional golfing year.

CONTAMINATED Egyptian fenugreek seeds are probably the source of Europe’s deadly E coli outbreaks, health experts warned, predicting there could be more infections from seeds still in the food chain.

THE author of a book describing evolution as “a fantasy” said he is “revolted and disgusted” at abuse levelled at science minister Conor Lenihan, who was due to launch his book tomorrow.

AN UGLY scramble is brewing over the swine flu vaccine – and when it becomes available, Britain, the United States and other nations could find that the contracts they signed with pharmaceutical companies are easily broken.

Richard Collins on how the clownfish holds the key to a new anti-sting lotion.

Homer Stewart, an early pioneer of rocket research who helped develop the first successful US satellite, Explorer I, has died aged 91.

Niall Turner led home Ireland's quartet of golfers and helped his team to a US collegiate national top10 finish at the season-ending NCAA Championships in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Corkman Niall Turner helped his University of Minnesota men’s golf team to a second consecutive national top-10 finish as he closed out his US collegiate career at the weekend.

Gareth Shaw was the leading Irishman in the individual standings after the opening round of the NCAA Championships in Williamsburg, Virginia on Wednesday but Niall Turner's University of Minnesota team were right in the hunt for the team title.

There were some anxious moments for Irish golfers this week as both the University of Minnesota and East Tennessee State needed play-off victories to reach the men's national collegiate golf finals.

Ten Irish golfers still have their eyes on the big prize in US collegiate golf after the fields were set this week for the NCAA Regional championships.

A trio of Irish golfers are reaping the rewards of team victories at their respective collegiate conference championships.

Cork golfer Niall Turner was named the Big Ten Conference's Golfer of the Week after his third top-10 finish of the season at last weekend's Augusta State Invitational.

Curtis Cup player Tara Delaney led Kent State University home in their opening tournament of the spring collegiate golf season as the Golden Flashes placed 12th in the 54-hole Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge at Palos Verdes, California.

The pros may have their majors to aim for but if you’re a student golfer on the American college circuit, there is no bigger tournament than the NCAA Championships.

Irish golfer Niall Turner took his place at US collegiate golf’s top table with a top 10 finish at the prestigious NCAA Championships in Oregon last night.

Sisters Tara and Karen Delaney helped Kent State University to a 21st-place finish at the 2006 NCAA Women’s Golf Championships in Ohio but neither of the Carlow siblings will be happy with their contributions.

Carlow sisters Tara and Karen Delaney found the going tough in the rarefied atmosphere of the US national collegiate finals as the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship headed into its final day today.

Three Irish golfers will be aiming for the NCAA Championships when their colleges tee it up in the United States today.

A NEW influenza pandemic could affect 20% of the world’s population and trigger a global economic disaster, experts warned yesterday.

To prepare for a global flu outbreak that could strike one-fifth of the world’s population and kill millions, leading international disease experts are calling for more worldwide co-operation and a push for a new kind of vaccine.

Terri Schiavo’s parents made a desperate appeal to the US Supreme Court early today, asking justices to order resumption of nourishment for their severely brain-damaged daughter.

Chemist Pavel Krasutsky calls it nature’s “white gold.” Betulin, a powdery substance in the outer bark of the birch tree, has been shown to help wounds heal faster and cut inflammation.

Teenage girls who have close relationships with their mothers wait longer to have sex for the first time, US researchers reported today.

TOM LEHMAN led the tour in prize money the last time a major championship was played in his home state of Minnesota.

Malaysian police have charged three men with murdering an American woman in a ritual sacrifice to obtain lottery numbers from the spirits.

The British drug company which hopes to use an African cactus to cure obesity releases its interim results on Monday.