IN her letter (December 21), Kathy Synott writes passionately about the recent Supreme Court decision on human embryos, calling it “a betrayal of the Irish people”. She talks very theoretically about the grand issues involved and invokes the name of Louise Brown, the first IVF child.

A GROUP awaiting a Bord Pleanála ruling on a controversial super-quarry is poised to launch an EU campaign to halt quarrying in their area.

ENTERPRISE Minister Micheál Martin yesterday said he would not seek to block EU funding for stem cell research that takes place outside Ireland.

AFTER three years of disruption and a €13 million facelift, Cork’s main street was officially handed back to its citizens yesterday.