Giant potholes have left jobs in jeopardy after hauliers started refusing to travel to a meat company over safety fears.

An energy developer has Meath GAA onboard for its project, but local people are not so receptive to the plan, writes Special Correspondent Michael Clifford.

FIANNA Fáil’s decision to cancel its Christmas dinner was welcomed by a former chair of the annual bash and party TD who said the event could have been seen as politicians having a “posh nosh” meal during the present economic emergency.

THE appointment of Pat Smith as general secretary and chief executive of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) was ratified at a special meeting of its executive council in Dublin yesterday.

A crackdown is underway to combat large scale poaching from lakes in the north east of the country, it was confirmed today.