Unions were seeking jobs guarantees today after the UK’s biggest brewer accepted a £7.8bn (€10.48bn) takeover offer from European rivals Carlsberg and Heineken.

CORK County Council was aware of “toxic hotspots” around the county but did not reveal this to the public because there was no legal requirement on them to do so, an oral hearing into the draft licence for Ireland’s first toxic waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy in Co Cork heard yesterday.