A Cork Institute of Technology student has won a prestigious engineering award for preventing bottlenecks in a manufacturing process, while a student from IT Carlow was also recognised for his work to allow straw quality and moisture to be constantly evaluated.

IRELAND’S last National Sustainable Development Strategy was a failure and our challenge is to set and meet real targets, according to the Comhar, the sustainable development council.

Warrenpoint senior international and former professional Jim Carvill was put out of the North of Ireland Championship in the second round by Ballymena scratch handicapper Alex McCoy at Royal Portrush today.