Greens threaten legal challenge to EU directive on gene patentsGreen MEPs have announced that they will mount a legal challenge to the controversial biotechnological inventions directive which…Wed May 13 1998 - 01:00
EU to set legally-binding limits to cut air and water pollutionThe European Parliament is about to endorse moves which will require EU member-states to radically reduce air pollution and improve…Wed May 13 1998 - 01:00
European Parliament set to approve ban on tobacco advertisingA historic EU directive banning tobacco advertising and sponsorship of sporting, cultural and other events by tobacco companies…Wed May 13 1998 - 01:00
EU vote today on directive covering genetic patentsThe EU is to attempt later today to adopt a directive on genetic and biotechnological patents, which has been 10 years in gestation…Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
Guilbaud restaurant omitted from McKenna guide to top places to eatIt may be adorned with two Michelin stars and have lofty prices reflecting the haute cuisine, with emphasis on the French, but…Mon May 11 1998 - 01:00
UCD invention enables lake watch from the airA Light aircraft with special instrumentation and a camera pinned to its undercarriage looks set to be the new way of checking…Mon May 11 1998 - 01:00
New variant CJD rates give `grounds for optimism'There are grounds for optimism about current levels of new variant CJD, which suggest predictions of a large-scale epidemic due…Sat May 09 1998 - 01:00
Warning of `sick' office claimsIrish employers could in time face claims for compensation similar to Army deafness actions because of poor workspace conditions…Fri May 08 1998 - 01:00
Behaviour seen as key to giving up smokingMost methods for quitting smoking are doomed to failure because they are preoccupied with addiction to nicotine and pay little…Fri May 08 1998 - 01:00
EU Commission to check effectiveness of hygiene controlsThe European Commission is to step up food hygiene controls this year by subjecting health boards to special audits to ensure…Fri May 08 1998 - 01:00
Teagasc takes charge of EU monitoring group on E coli bugThe Irish agricultural research agency, Teagasc, is to co-ordinate an EU initiative to ensure more effective monitoring and prevention…Fri May 08 1998 - 01:00
Thorp may not recover running costs, study saysThorp, British Nuclear Fuel's flagship reprocessing plant at Sellafield built at a cost of £1Mon May 04 1998 - 01:00
Seminar told of expected large rise in algal blooms on lakesThe frequency of highly-toxic algal blooms on Irish lakes is set to increase significantly over the next 15 to 30 years because…Sat May 02 1998 - 01:00
Motorists off for holiday break caught up in gunfireMany motorists driving in rush-hour traffic on the main Dublin to Wexford road were caught up in the gunfire which broke out …Sat May 02 1998 - 01:00
Irish discovery improves HIV treatmentThe identification by Irish researchers of a new form of fungal infection which severely impairs HIV-infected and AIDS patients…Fri May 01 1998 - 01:00
Masonite warned on noise levelsExcessive noise and odour levels at the largest industrial plant in the State, the recently-opened Masonite timber-processing…Wed Apr 29 1998 - 01:00
New food safety centre to assist public in scaresPublic information on food safety and hygiene is to be provided in a new, one-stop centre opened by the Food Safety Authority…Wed Apr 29 1998 - 01:00
Individuality `at risk' from EUThose making traditional farm foods are at risk of being steam-rolled out of existence by flawed EU policies and the new dominance…Mon Apr 27 1998 - 01:00
Fine-food producers in upbeat moodThe first international symposium on speciality foods will translate into spectacular growth in the sector in Ireland, the food…Mon Apr 27 1998 - 01:00
Speciality food shops `disappearing' under supermarket floodThe independent food shop is all but dead following a long and sad decline caused by large supermarket chains, according to Mr…Sat Apr 25 1998 - 01:00
Call for pollution controlsA new body representing angling interests throughout the west of Ireland has called on the Government to ban intensive piggery…Fri Apr 24 1998 - 01:00
International food-buyers descend on KinsaleThe gastronomic capital of Ireland - Kinsale, Co Cork - has been temporarily taken over by some 200 international food-buyers…Fri Apr 24 1998 - 01:00
Call for task force on food safetyThe Government should establish a task force with responsibility for food safety education to reduce the threat from increasing…Fri Apr 24 1998 - 01:00
EPA ruling in favour of Monsanto criticisedThe decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to allow the US company, Monsanto, to increase the scale of its trials of…Thu Apr 23 1998 - 01:00
Four appointments to EPA announced by DempseyThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Dempsey, has reappointed three directors of the Environmental Protection Agency for a five…Thu Apr 23 1998 - 01:00
Alcan profits should spur EPA on Aughinish, says local groupWith rising profits at Alcan, the Canadian owner of Aughinish Alumina, the Environmental Protection Agency should ignore the …Wed Apr 22 1998 - 01:00
Business lobby regrets passport scheme lossThe abolition of the "passports for sale" scheme would not have been necessary had it been operated in a transparent way, according…Wed Apr 22 1998 - 01:00
Proposed mountain site for landfill challengedOpponents of a large landfill dump site proposed to serve Limerick city and much of the county have issued an environmental report…Tue Apr 21 1998 - 01:00
Reports on food issues need to establish contextThe main food concern among Irish consumers in 1998, it seems, is food safetyMon Apr 13 1998 - 01:00
IBEC rejects criticism by genetics group over labellingThe employer group IBEC has defended its introduction of a scheme for labelling genetically modified food and rejected criticism…Mon Apr 13 1998 - 01:00
EU legal threat over pollutionThe threat remains of EU legal action against the Government for failing to adequately protect Irish rivers and lakes from pollution…Sat Apr 04 1998 - 01:00
High success rate reported in pancreas transplantsThe success rate achieved in pancreas transplantation since it was first carried out in Ireland in 1992 ranks among the best …Sat Apr 04 1998 - 01:00
Irish Steel says lead issue being dealt withIrish Ispat Ltd, owner of Irish Steel, has said that environmental problems due to high levels of lead found in part of its plant…Wed Apr 01 1998 - 01:00
Food-labelling complaint to be investigatedThe Director of Consumer Affairs is to investigate a complaint from Genetic Concern that the labelling scheme drawn up by IBEC…Wed Apr 01 1998 - 01:00
Giant stepsA terrible affliction has overcome me: I hoard biographies of great scientistsSat Mar 21 1998 - 00:00
Research hope for heart defect which kills young peopleWithin five years an effective treatment for a condition that causes apparently healthy young people to die suddenly from cardiac…Sat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Groups protest at possible health risks from phone mastsMore than 120 people representing community and environmental groups concerned about the health effects of mobile phones and …Sat Mar 07 1998 - 00:00
Scientists undecided on safety of mobile phonesThe scientific jury is out on the issue of the safety of mobile phones, but expert opinion is currently heavily weighted in favour…Sat Mar 07 1998 - 00:00
Avonmore Waterford milk plant in Cavan given environmental recognition by EUAn Avonmore Waterford milk processing plant in Co Cavan is the first Irish food company to be given accreditation under a new…Wed Mar 04 1998 - 00:00
Genetic food dispute political scientistThe dispute about introducing genetically modified food to Europe continues not because of its safety but because science has…Sat Feb 28 1998 - 00:00
`Untreatable diseases' in our sights in 20 yearsBiotechnology will make it possible to treat a broad range of currently "untreatable diseases" within the next 20 years, especially…Sat Feb 28 1998 - 00:00
Vigilance on E-coli bug urgedTheeed for increased vigilance in surveillance of the potentially fatal food-poisoning bug E-coli 0157 has been underlined by…Sat Feb 21 1998 - 00:00
Monsanto project prompts 3,423 objectionsThe Environmental Protection Agency has received more than 3,400 objections to plans by US company Monsanto to expand its trials…Sat Feb 21 1998 - 00:00
Possibility of appeal being examinedA decision on a possible appeal to the Supreme Court in the Clarecastle incinerator case will be taken once the full implications…Sat Feb 21 1998 - 00:00
Two win science for lay audience awardThe Minister of State for Science and Technology, Mr Noel Treacy, has presented the annual Merville Lay Seminars award to two…Sat Feb 21 1998 - 00:00
Attorney General stresses human protections and rights in TreatyThe message that the Amsterdam Treaty contains important new protections and confers important new rights on the European citizen…Mon Feb 16 1998 - 00:00
Zebra fish may hold our genetic secretsThe proteins that trigger the growth of embryos are the subject of a new study using zebra fish at NUI GalwayMon Feb 16 1998 - 00:00
EU expert group backs marketing of 4 genetically modified cropsAn EU scientific advisory panel has endorsed the marketing of four genetically-modified crops throughout member-statesFri Feb 13 1998 - 00:00
V-sign for female lobsters set freeFemale lobsters could be forgiven for thinking they are benefiting from positive discrimination as they attempt to evade entrapment…Wed Feb 11 1998 - 00:00
