The developer behind the transformation of King’s Cross — the biggest such project in a European capital at the time — into one of the most desirable locations in London has said engagement with the public every step of the way is key to enhancing Irish cities like Limerick.

TWO follow-up inspections early next year by the EU’s Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) will monitor food export standards in Brazil.

THE Irish public is among the most ignorant in Europe about bird flu, despite the fact that EU experts say a pandemic is inevitable.

European Union experts today said a global influenza pandemic that could kill millions remains inevitable, although the immediate threat to human health from bird flu in Europe remained low.

Military intervention in Iraq would be “legitimate” even without the approval of the UN Security Council, a French MP said today.