STRYKER does not anticipate that a voluntary recall of two replacement hip cups under its “Trident line” at its Cork facility will have a long-lasting disruptive effect on company supplies, said Stephen P MacMillan, Stryker’s president and chief executive.

MEDICAL device maker Stryker has launched an investigation into a potential manufacturing issue with a product made at its Cork facility following concerns from the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Rapper Foxy Brown has been indicted on charges that she smacked a neighbour with a mobile phone, a Probation Department lawyer said today.