There is genuine concern among farmers about the EU-Mercosur deal.

The Irish beef industry capitalised on the opportunity offered by the Dublin venue for the recent World Steak Challenge 2019.

Hundreds of farmers descended on Dublin yesterday urging the Government not to “sell them out”.

The EU-Mercosur trade agreement will not change the requirement that any product arriving to Europe from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay must comply with the EU’s stringent food safety standards.

Mercosur (Southern Common Market) is the South American trade bloc. That’s Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela — although Venezuela is currently suspended.

EU negotiators last night clinched a major trade deal with the South American economic bloc Mercosur.

EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom has confirmed that a free trade agreement with South America’s Mercosur group of countries is her top priority.

Torreira plays his 50th match for Arsenal tonight.

Three Ministers are focusing this St Patrick's Day on opening up new markets for Irish companies across three continents.

A dip into South America this week following tastings with two producers. Garzon is a fairly new project (2008) on the east coast of Uraguay with flying winemaker Alberto Antonini in charge of winemaking while La Celia in the Uco Valley in Mendoza was founded 125 years ago.

Rob Gillies reports from Montreal on the reverberations Canada’s decision to legalise could have internationally.

Daniel Storey selects 10 young players who can propel their careers to the next level during the World Cup.

Brazil boast more recent Champions League experience than even the leading European nations at this summer’s World Cup.

Brexit could trigger flight restrictions and reduced tourism numbers here but may surprisingly boost the financial services sector, a report predicts.

Many EU citizens might have to pay for a trade deal with South American countries with medical bills.

Sounds detected by probes deep in the South Atlantic did not come from an Argentine submarine that has been lost for five days, the country's navy said, dashing newfound hope among relatives of the 44 sailors aboard.

Argentina's Navy has detected seven brief satellite calls that officials believe may have come from a missing submarine with 44 crew members on board.

The UK has agreed in Brexit talks to take over part of the current quota arrangements with non-EU countries for certain agricultural products.

After widespread shock and condemnation, the head of the World Health Organisation is "rethinking" his appointment of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe as a "goodwill ambassador."

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has long faced United States sanctions over his government's human rights abuses.

IFA Livestock Chairman Angus Woods led an IFA delegation which recently brought serious allegations against beef processors to senior officials in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).

Fiji have secured their spot at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

The ruling clique is prolonging the agony by rejecting a democratic transition. The desperate, and repressed Venezuelan people deserve their country back, writes Enrique ter Horst.            

His season will end either in New York or Wembley but for this dilemma it’s natural for Eunan O’Kane to put club ahead of country.

Canadians are expected to be able to smoke cannabis legally by July 1, 2018.

IT was entirely predictable but nonetheless disheartening that Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned a parade of ambassadors to his apartments on Christmas Day to administer a “personal reprimand”.

Beef farmers will be the biggest losers in future EU trade deals, the European Commission has said.

The Pope has denounced the "scandalous" amounts of money which governments and world institutions have found to save ailing banks, but not suffering people, including migrants who are dying as they try to cross the Mediterranean.

The goddamn luckiest dog in the world.

The downward trend in prices at the beef factories has continued, with a further reduction of 5 cents/kg in this week’s quotes.

Barcelona and Argentina footballer Lionel Messi and his father have been given suspended prison sentences of 21 months for tax fraud.

Prosecutors call for opposite decisions in high-profile fraud case

The tightening in the supply of cattle to factories over recent weeks has delivered a price improvement for beef farmers.