US composer David Lang presents a festival of new music this weekend. Don’t get bogged down in genres, he advises Alan O’Riordan

Kilkenny Arts Festival

CONSUMER products giant Unilever was in danger of seeing its flagship Path to Growth strategy fall flat today after sales of key brands stalled.

A three-year-old girl was among eight people killed when an elderly driver crashed his car through a crowded marketplace in Santa Monica, California.