Sheikh Mohammed is facing fresh embarrassment following the seizure of 124 medical products, none of which have been approved for use on horses in Britain, at part of his Dalham Hall Stud operation in Newmarket.

THE IRISH Examiner (July 1) published a letter from a Dr Roderick O’Sullivan that was completely erroneous, and was highly damaging to the reputation and image of a clearly identifiable Irish company and to an entire sector of the Irish seafood business.

BRITAIN’S Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is reported to have informed the authorities that the banned, cancer-causing insecticide, Malachite Green, has been found in Irish ‘organic’ farmed salmon.