A pilot badger cull in the UK is set to be extended by up to three weeks because fewer animals were killed than had been hoped.

Traces of bute, which is potentially harmful to human health, have been found in eight horse carcasses from UK abattoirs, three of which have entered the food chain in France.

The discovery of horse and pig meat in beef burgers could result in criminal prosecutions.

AN INSPIRED performance by Colm Egan, brother of Westlife’s Cian, was not enough for Sligo Grammar at the Sportsgrounds yesterday.

Pat Eddery signed off with a winner at one of his favourite racecourses as Desert Quest took the spoils in the Tote Exacta Stakes at Windsor today.