A new company has been established to own and run Curragh racecourse and training grounds, and oversee the €65m redevelopment of the track.

OVER a third of white fish caught in Irish waters by the domestic fleet is dumped back into the sea dead or dying.

TIGHTER control of use of antibiotics in humans and farm animals is likely — driven by the government of Denmark, which has pledged to campaign against antimicrobial resistance as a priority when it takes over the EU presidency next January.

THE intrigue and allegations surrounding the resignations of Willie O’Dea and Trevor Sargent are now the subject of two top level Garda probes.

AN “Honest 2 Goodness” small garden is one of the most popular exhibits at Bloom, which continued in glorious sunshine at the Phoenix Park in Dublin yesterday.

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley’s statement that Ireland’s position on Genetically Modified Organisms is now in line with the new programme for Government, which seeks a GM-free Ireland, sets the stage for the air to be cleared on this subject once and for all.

WHO would have thought that dairy group Danone, worth €13 billion, would buy a stake in the Offaly-based Glenisk?

Bird flu has killed three house cats in Thailand, a development the World Health Organisation described as “very dangerous” because of pets’ close contact with people.

Food distributor BWG has appointed Peter Kealy as Group Development Director.