A popular postie has revealed how he found love on the double while delivering the post on his allocated round in north Co Dublin.

A common Irish seaweed could be used to reduce blood pressure, according to findings by Teagasc food scientists.

WE’VE come a long way from the days when cod liver oil was dosed in unwelcome spoonfuls to children and carrageen moss was sampled by ageing grandmothers, who seemed to find it more palatable than we did the oil.

SEAWEED exporters have been given a welcome lift by new Teagasc research that confirms that marine plant products extracted from seas around Ireland and Canada are good for the heart.

WHETHER seaweed can play its part in ensuring a healthy heart is the subject of a new research programme at the state’s agriculture and food development authority.