The Menu recalls a time, a few decades ago, when the English Market was on its uppers, seemingly in terminal decline. 

Farmers will be among the industry groups invited to use climate prediction technology in Ireland’s future plans to cut carbon emissions, a diverse panel of experts has advised.

Climate change and its impact on Irish agriculture will come under the spotlight at an Agricultural Science Association forum in Co Tipperary next Monday.

The US and Chinese presidents agreed last week, bilaterally, to reduce their emissions.

Not completely off the hook, but Irish dairy expansion won’t be restricted by carbon-emission targets