We are every day over-exposed to fluoride if we brush our teeth twice daily with fluoridated toothpaste and drink fluoridated Irish water.

A €30 MILLION bio-energy park is to be established in the south-east, it was revealed at the ploughing championships.

FIELD trials of industrial hemp are taking place in Ireland to see if it is suitable as a biomass crop.

MEMBERS of the Green Energy Growers Association (GEGA) have begun planting over 400 acres of miscanthus across counties Wexford, Kilkenny and Tipperary.

THE country’s fledging bioenergy industry was boosted yesterday with the launch of a new support network for energy-crop growers.