Dean Raftery is ready to make his mark in the World Rally Championship after being honoured at the Irish Motorsport Awards yesterday.

THE Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is hoping results of DNA tests on beef to be published shortly will prove that cheap South American meat is being sold as Irish beef.

Farming organisations are pushing for new commercial uses for animal offal which is banned under EU law.

The Irish Farmers Association has called on the Minister for Agriculture to address the issue of farm incomes, ahead of today's "beef summit" in Dublin.

Meat factories, which have imported cheap German beef in recent weeks have come under fire from the Irish Farmers Association.