Genetic modification - Our green image must be protected

The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to Teagasc conducting trials on a genetically modified potato that would improve resistance to blight.

If such a potato had been available in the middle of the 19th century, the history of this country would have been significantly different.

Some of the greatest advances in science were initially ridiculed, and nobody should try to obstruct progress. But this must be done with the greatest of care.