Full nationwide electronic tagging for sheep would give Ireland a competitive advantage for this crucial sector, ICOS national marts chairman Michael Spellman.

The only inevitable has preoccupied all cultures and religion, but now in the West we shun it, says Suzanne Harrington.

Irish and British beef are retailing at the same price in Tesco UK stores, but meat factories are paying farmers 15% to 20% less for Irish product, ICOS has stated.

KERRY has been stunned by the sudden death of another talented young sportsman.

A last-minute point by James Dolan earned holders Garrycastle a second chance after an exciting battle with Mullingar Shamrocks in the county SFC final at Cusack Park, Mullingar, yesterday.

CLARINBRIDGE hurling manager, Michéal Donoghue is a very impressive character.

CONSUMERS and farmers in the EU would benefit from retaining the Common Agricultural Policy in its current format, according to delegates attending the ICOS Livestock and Marts national conference in the Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Co Laois.

ICOS, the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society, has called on Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith to protect and maintain the national suckler cow welfare scheme and disadvantaged area payments in the forthcoming budget.

A 22-year-old man has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court for the murder of a Google employee.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a Google employee by fatally stabbing him following an altercation in the street is due to begin its deliberations tomorrow morning.

The fatal stabbing of a Google executive in Dublin last year was not an accident, not self-defence and not provoked but it was murder, a jury at the Central Criminal Court has been told.

A 26 year-old Google employee died as a result of two stab wounds to his chest and abdomen which damaged his lung, bowel and aorta, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

The man accused of murdering a Google employee on his way home from the pub told gardai that a fight started between them "over nothing", a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

The man accused of murdering a 'Google' employee as he walked home from the pub told gardaí that he was not a violent person and had not meant to stab or kill the deceased.

A friend of a man who died from stab wounds following an altercation on the way home from a pub has told a jury that he saw the man accused of murder stab the deceased.

A friend of a man who died following an altercation on the way home from the pub has told a jury that he could see his friend's intestines protruding from a bad stab wound to his right side immediately after the incident.

THERE has never been a more important time for co-operative marts, a conference was told in Fermoy, Co Cork, yesterday.

A US man who played video games for hours each day was convicted of killing his 17-month-old daughter when she pulled down his Xbox console.

A US man who played video games for hours each day was convicted of killing his 17-month-old daughter when she pulled down his Xbox console.

A YOUNG man charged in connection with a fatal stabbing last weekend was granted bail yesterday.

A MAN has appeared in court in connection with a fatal stabbing following a row on Dublin’s southside in the early hours of last Saturday morning.

De la Salle 2-11 Fourmilewater 1-12

Gerry Spellman has quit as Mayo hurling manager along with selectors Sean O'Coisdealbha and Fr Michael Murphy.

Ten of Ireland's top comedians launched the Murphy’s Cat Laughs Comedy Festival today.

Ballygunner 3-11 Fourmilewater 0-10

Clarenbridge 1-15, Ballygunnar 2-08

Urgent action is needed to help 60,000 Afghan refugees stranded in a ‘transit camp’ on the Pakistan border, according to an international aid agency