THE annual East Cork Early Music Festival is in its 10th year.

The East Cork Early Music Festival is a showcase of compositions pre-1750, says Declan Townsend

Environmentalists have been refused a High Court order allowing them the means to legally challenge Teagasc’s planned genetically-modified potato trials.

The remaining restrictions on livestock imposed in the wake of the foot-and-mouth outbreak in the UK will be lifted today after experts declared the disease had been eradicated.

The recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on two farms in Surrey in England was probably caused by leaky drains combined with heavy rain, building work and vehicles moving from a nearby laboratory, experts said today.