The footwear label with a social conscience that piqued Megan Markle’s interest is going global, writes Paul McLauchlan

Pioneering technology developed at the Teagasc food research centre in Moorepark, Co Cork, is underpinning a new €20m cheese manufacturing facility for Ornua in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) has acquired a 75% interest in Al Wazeen Trading as part of a €20m investment in Saudi Arabia.

OIL prices could hit economically damaging record highs if unrest in Africa and the Gulf cuts investment in output, the West’s energy watchdog warned oil producers, which said the real problem was likely defaults among eurozone members and banks.