Farmers with fragmented holdings will be hit hardest by rising Irish Water charges next year, according to Irish Cattle & Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) Rural Development chairman Tim Farrell, who predicts some bills will rise as much as 78%.

A COCKTAIL of medication may have affected the heart of a 19-year-old man with schizophrenia and a history of drug abuse who died from a sudden heart attack, an inquest heard yesterday.