The story of the Harris family highlights the fact that the development of wind farms is subject to few planning checks.

Mark your diaries. From festivals to rainy day actitivies, Ciara McDonnell has rounded up 20 ways to keep the kids amused this summer

Energy infrastructure company Greencoat Renewables is aiming to raise up to €250m from a dual stock market listing in London and Dublin in order to fund its growth objectives.

It’s a cold winter’s morning in the west Tipperary countryside and a sparrow hawk makes an appearance low in the clear sky. Immediately, a few hundred turkeys take a break from their foraging to collectively rush towards the invader, shouting their warnings before the hawk has second thoughts and heads for the hills, leaving the turkeys to resume free-range life.

The mother of a girl with a rare form of epilepsy says she has been encouraged by the efforts Health Minister Simon Harris has made to secure treatment for the condition in Ireland.

Dermot Weld reached a significant milestone in his long and illustrious career in Naas last night when a double, with Discipline in the listed Naas Oaks Trial and Sea Swift in the fillies maiden, saw him reach the 4,000 winner mark.

An order restricting operations on a windfarm in Cork has been stayed until June to allow the developer seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal’s findings it acted in “material” breach of planning permission.

Today, March 10

Food news with Joe McNamee.

The businessman who married movie star Oliver Reed’s widow believes the euro is teetering on the brink and is offering people who buy his produce the chance to get their change in silver.

Was Cork’s dramatic fightback to snatch a ninth All-Ireland senior title in ten years the moment Ladies Football moved in from the margins? Coach Eamonn Ryan debates the past, the present and the future.

There’s so much to do in the run up to Christmas, it can be hard to decide how to make the most of the festive fun. Take some tips from Ellie O’Byrne.

The implications of potential criminal charges against Gerry Adams for the future of peace in Northern Ireland draw timely attention to the loose ends that have as yet not been woven into the peace process.

It is with great distress The Menu learns of the difficulties facing the magnificent Co Clare-based Irish Seed Savers, in very real danger of perishing due to severe Dept of Agriculture funding cuts.

PEOPLE who call to The Apple Farm in the heartland of Tipperary to purchase fresh fruit and juices are vital to the revenue buoyancy of the business.

The rain stayed away for the thousands of music fans arriving at Glastonbury Festival today.

The Menu relishes any opportunity to spice up his dining with a bit of pizzazz.

UCC are set a develop a new centre of excellence for sport in the third-level institution on a 100 acre site on the western outskirts of Cork city.

AVONDALE UNITED are in pole position to reclaim the Beamish Stout Munster Senior League Premier Division title for the first time since the 2008/2009 season after increasing their lead at the top over the weekend.

The multi-million pound eviction of travellers on the English Dale Farm site descended into violence today with two people Tasered and missiles thrown at police.

EVERY €10 spent on local food products leads to an injection of €34 into the local economy and helps employ thousands of people around the country, producers said yesterday.

MILK quota allocations expected to rise from less than 100,000 litres to more than one million litres in 2014/2015 have been approved for the Shinagh, Bandon, Co Cork-based dairy research project being undertaken by Teagasc with the Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh and Lisavaird co-ops and with Carbery Milk Products.

THE apple blossom is in full bloom in the orchard this week with the promise of a bumper harvest provided we don’t get a random frost within the next few weeks.

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has given the green light for Silverstone to stage the 2010 British Grand Prix on a revised circuit layout.

VISITORS to the City Farm in Dublin Zoo are in for a treat because as well as lions, tigers and chimps, they can see almost 50 Irish farm animals which are now among the inhabitants.

A new wind farm was officially opened in Co Cavan today.

AQUILA, a five-year-old mare by Quiletto out of a Mr Lord mare, bred by Paul and Jan Turfery, Caheragh, owned by Brian Mangan, Fermoy, and ridden by Rose Marie Ahern, Carhue, Bandon, dominated the hunter classes at Clonakilty Show.

Barbaro stretched his unbeaten record to six with a brilliant performance in the 132nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

NORTH KOREA yesterday confirmed a bird flu outbreak at two chicken farms in the capital Pyongyang and said the farms slaughtered and buried hundreds of thousands of chickens infected by the disease.

PHOENIX the Turkey won’t be required to rise from the ashes this Christmas.

Cold Feet star James Nesbitt is set to take on Bob The Builder and plough his way into children’s hearts with a new pre-school show Tractor Tom.

Prayers were said at Waltham Abbey today for the “tortured soul” of a crazed axeman who went on a wrecking spree in the historic church.

The first outbreak of foot-and-mouth in Greater Manchester has been confirmed.