In the Irish Examiner (Friday, Aug 3), Dr Oliver Moore, in his article Digging Deep for Answers, quotes Teagasc’s head of crop research, John Spink, as saying that Teagasc’s GM research programme “has no links with any biotech industry and this study is not about developing GM potatoes for commercialisation”.

Teagasc’s decision to carry out field tests on GM potatoes has angered the ‘Green Food Ireland’ lobby but the critical issue is that it is not planning to conduct toxicity tests, writes Dr Oliver Moore

Ireland has enjoyed high cereal yields over the last decade, with the highest average wheat and second highest average barley yields in the world, according to Teagasc research.

Detectives in London were tonight searching for a baby abducted from his home by an 18-year-old girl.