The President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association has said he expects there will be a conclusion reached on the final CAP negotiations later today.

The President of the Irish Association of Social Workers has said the sector needs a massive boost in funding after a report found inspectors in Dublin North West were not assured that all children in foster care were safe.

The country’s foremost expert on suicide has warned that the family, friends, schoolmates, and wider Donegal community will be seriously impacted upon by the death of Erin Gallagher’s sister by suicide.

Farm incomes rose almost a third last year, an income spike likely to be short-lived with falling commodity prices, Teagasc has warned.

Following his meeting today with the Chinese Vice President, the President of the Irish Farmers Association John Bryan has said he is confident Irish agri-business will be able to secure sustainable long-term markets for its dairy and meat products.

Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox representatives will meet today to discuss the role of the Church in education in Ireland.

A WOMEN’S health expert has questioned research that found calcium pills increase the risk of heart attack.

The President of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association, Dominic O'Rourke, has said he is delighted with today's decision by the International Olympic Committee to include women's boxing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

LAWS allowing assisted suicide being considered by the British government could have significant implications here if terminally ill Irish people chose to travel to end their lives.

THE HSE’S blanket recruitment freeze is “morally wrong” and means there is no incentive for individual hospitals and health services to perform within budget if they’re to be given the same punishment as those that don’t.

Farmers groups will be back in Government Buildings next week in a bid to reach a deal on the agricultural element of the new social partnership agreement.

The President of the Irish Medical Council has said the tenuous position of foreign medics working here must be ended.

THE State’s regulator for pharmacists believes stricter controls on the sale and supply of paracetamol and ibuprofen are needed to prevent deaths and poisonings.

The President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Senator Joe O’Toole, has said it is essential that the Irish economy is managed in partnership during the worldwide economic downturn.