Russia has lifted a ban on some New Zealand dairy imports, loosening restrictions imposed in 2013 as the country experiences a dairy shortage due to its ongoing ban on milk products from European countries.

Changes in the manufacturing process are being blamed for a two-month delay in the new Irish passport card.

Sino-Irish relations may go back as far as the mysterious ‘Chinese Celts’, but Bette Browne says there is room to improve modern ties to the newly crowned biggest economy in the world

Opposition is mounting to Ireland’s plans to outlaw tobacco branding after the foreign affairs minister was given a letter last week in Washington from 71 organisations criticising the move.

More than 66,000 jobs have been created in the UK through investments from foreign businesses in the past year, official figures show.

Dairy giant Fonterra’s products at the centre of a global contamination scare this month did not contain a bacteria that could cause botulism, and posed no food safety threat, New Zealand officials said yesterday.

After years of tentative steps, the EU and US at the G8 in Fermanagh finally officially launched the start of talks on what is expected to be the biggest free trade agreement in the world.

A Corkman, who emigrated over 20 years ago, has been appointed Ireland’s honorary consul in Western Australia.

The 5% cut imposed on Ireland’s 2013 CAP allocation will be retained in 2014, under transitional arrangements announced by the European Commission yesterday.

Irish agri-food companies will engage in knowledge transfer projects with partners in Africa in a new Government scheme launched yesterday.

THE growth of the export sector is being hampered by a shortage of suitable shipping containers to transport goods to market.

MINISTERS are playing on the fears of struggling families in a “cruel” softening-up operation ahead of another savage budget, critics warned last night.

Japan’s ruling party has elected Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda as its new chief, meaning he will almost certainly become the next prime minister and inherit the challenge of rebuilding from the country’s disasters.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said Ireland will be the recovery story of the eurozone and EU.

Australia’s government has revealed the world’s toughest anti-tobacco bill, preventing companies from displaying their distinctive colours, brand designs and logos on cigarette packs in a bid to make smoking less attractive to the young.

WAVING goodbye to AJ Chopra is among Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s ambitions for Ireland.

TÁNAISTE Eamon Gilmore pressed Irish ambassadors to help restore our economic sovereignty and stop the severe battering of the country’s reputation abroad.

IRELAND received more support than it expected when it flagged the dangers of a trade agreement with Mercosur that does not take sufficient account of the needs of agriculture.

Japanese farmers took to the streets in Tokyo today demanding compensation for radiation contamination to their crops and livestock from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

Trade Minister Richard Bruton has set off on a mission to India today to drum up exports for Irish businesses.

A week-long trip to the Middle East will help Irish companies land export deals and secure new jobs at home, Trade Minister Batt O’Keeffe said today.

THE first flight by a European carrier in 20 years landed in Baghdad yesterday, marking an important step for a country looking to post-war reconstruction following the ravages of the 2003 US-led invasion.

European Union officials today signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and South Korea.

THE Government has claimed it can generate 300,000 jobs by selling itself better abroad and co-ordinating its overseas operations.

Downing Street this morning declined to confirm reports that HSBC bank chairman Stephen Green is to be appointed a minister in David Cameron’s Government.

Supermarket giant Tesco will create almost 750 jobs with the opening of seven new stores in Ireland, it announced today.

Australia’s first woman prime minister today announced minimum changes to her cabinet in a reshuffle that analysts say points to an election within weeks.

A series of eight business finance seminars to assist SMEs to gain greater understanding of financial, employment, tax and business supports information is to be held across the country in the coming weeks.

THE use of the Government jet to fly home a junior minister for the vote on the Cabinet reshuffle has been criticised in the Dáil.

THE Government frantically dispatched its jet to fly home a junior minister on Tuesday in time for the crucial vote on the Cabinet reshuffle.

Boston: Trade Minister Billy Kelleher announced yesterday that Cork company ProSys Sampling Systems had agreed a $1,000,000 (€734,000) contract with one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies on a project to design and manufacture high containment isolators for their United States headquarters.

Abu Dhabi: Dozens of Irish companies will fly out to the Middle East next week on a mission to drum up new business.

Dozens of Irish companies will fly out to the Middle East next week on a mission to drum up new business.

An internet services company has announced plans to create 33 jobs as part of an expansion of its operation in Co Cork.

The Government is seeking submissions on a new code of practice for the grocery sector, it was announced this afternoon.

Venezuelan prosecutors have charged the head of an anti-government television station with usury, ending a weeks-long investigation into his business activities that he called politically motivated.

PUT against the backdrop of last week’s unrelenting bad news, today’s stories of curtailed or closed health services look little more than transient irritations.

A software company in the North is more than doubling its workforce with the creation of 30 jobs for graduates, it was announced today.

Ballymena bus maker Wrightbus has signed an £11m (€12.33m) partnership deal with a Dutch company to supply buses to London, it was announced today.

THE Tánaiste has rejected claims that border traders are “being strangled” by government policies.

IRISH ministers made it clear last night that when it comes to China, profits are much more important than human rights.

Trade Minister John McGuinness is to lead a mission to Turkey in October.

IRELAND’S Trade Minister John McGuinness bluntly told EU Commissioner Peter Mandelson that he has conceded too much on agriculture in the World Trade Organisation negotiations, ahead of next week’s make-or-break talks.