Four people have been arrested in a series of operations by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) over the last two weeks. Over 150,000 illegally imported cigarettes, and drugs with a street value of over £1m (€1.4m) have been seized.

CALLS by self-proclaimed animal welfare groups to stop live cattle exports from Ireland were described by the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) leader Jackie Cahill as reckless.

MEMBERS of the animal welfare group Compassion in World Farming Ireland will join a protest against calf exports at Dover Docks in England today.

TWO Sligo men have been jailed for a total of 34 years in England in relation to a massive haul of heroin and cannabis.