A NEW cross-border course attempting to ensure the public health veterinarians working in the Irish food industry continue to meet EU regulatory standards has been launched by ministers on both sides of the border.

THE Northern Ireland Assembly has written to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, asking him to “rein in” Peter Mandelson’s world trade negotiating tactics.

RULES for cattle imports from Northern Ireland have not been relaxed, despite the lifting of the EU ban on export of beef from the UK.