Farmers in a corner of West Cork are looking forward to a Christmas dinner dessert course of Five Farms Single Batch Irish Cream.

Zambia’s acting president has rescinded his decision to dismiss the ruling party’s chief in a bid to defuse a political conflict that triggered riots in the capital.

Police and demonstrators have clashed in Zambia’s capital during protests against the acting president, a white Zambian who fired the ruling party’s chief after the death last week of president Michael Sata.