OLYMPIC swimmer Andrew Bree has claimed an ‘over-the-counter decongestant’ caused his positive test for a banned substance last year.

It was a case of what might have been for the Irish swimmers competing on day three of the European Swimming Championships in Budapest this morning.

The University of Tennessee has cloned a second calf from an adult Jersey cow, hoping the research will lead to a cure for an infection that costs the dairy industry billions of dollars.