I have great difficulty understanding government politicians’ insistence that we are in “recovery”. “Tough decisions now paying off” they trumpet. What rubbish!

On a visit to Cork City at the weekend, I was delighted to see the tower cranes in the skyline again. Unfortunately, I was informed they were working on the new prison.

CORK PREMIER IFC FINAL:

A PRE-TAX profit of €2.7 million on turnover, which fell by 10% to €183.8m, was recorded by the Carbery Group for last year.

THE 2020 Strategy Committee for agri-food, forestry and fisheries is drawn from senior experts and participants in all aspects of the sector.

EXPORT earnings from the agri-food sector have the potential to grow by more than €2 billion, an increase of 29% on 2008, creating at least 16,000 new jobs in the next few years.

A MAJOR economic forum of Irish farming and food industry leaders will be held at the RDS in Dublin next month.

THE time has come for the Government to cut the dairy industry some slack. Even as Brussels pumps money into supporting the dairy market, to keep farmers’ heads above water, Dublin has dragged them down, with payment delays, budget cuts, and our national credit crisis.

CARBERY Group, the cheese-to-ingredients business based in Ballineen, Co Cork, has reported a good year for 2005.

COLMAN CORRIGAN’S football career took many twists and turns, but he has fond memories of his days as a student at DLS Macroom.

PRE-TAX profit at the Carbery Group rose by 37% to €5.53 million in 2003 over 2002 but still languishes well below the €8.68m earned by the company in 2001.