The Irish Times

Champagne growers struggle as pandemic takes fizz out of bubbly sales

Covid-19 slump leads to bitter dispute between vineyard owners and champagne houses

Thu Aug 06 2020 - 06:00

Macron dealt big blow as ecology minister quits on live radio

Shock departure of Nicholas Hulot damages French president’s green credentials

Tue Aug 28 2018 - 18:36

China slaps seasonal fishing ban on Yellow River due to overfishing

River devastated by effects of economic expansion considered cradle of Chinese civilisation

Thu Feb 22 2018 - 15:38

Brazilian police raid meat plants in bribery investigation

Sinn Féin calls for a halt on Brazilian beef imports to Europe in wake of scandal

Sun Mar 19 2017 - 11:37

Strain of bird flu found in Ireland still unconfirmed

Mass culls of poultry announced in France as the disease spreads across Europe

Thu Jan 05 2017 - 13:58

Former agriculture department head appointed to Elivia board

Tom Moran appointed to French beef processor board as nominee of Dawn Meats

Thu Sept 10 2015 - 08:00

Netanyahu struggling to form coalition

Surprise move by Avigdor Lieberman shifts focus to another right-wing Israeli party

Wed May 06 2015 - 06:53

EU ‘shot itself in foot’ with Russia sanctions - Hungary PM

Sanctions policy in West ‘causes more harm to us than to Russia’, says Viktor Orban

Fri Aug 15 2014 - 08:03

Poles bite back over Russian fruit ban

Thousands take to eating apples in Twitter campaign

Tue Aug 05 2014 - 01:00

Anti-government activists seize Ukraine justice ministry

Rallies and clashes spread as security services warn of danger to nuclear power plants writes Dan McLaughlin in Kiev

Mon Jan 27 2014 - 08:38

Unrest spreads in Ukraine as opposition reject concessions

Police unit leaves building in central Kiev after siege by demonstrators

Sun Jan 26 2014 - 20:40

Ukraine’s embattled president offers PM post to opposition

Protesters to be considered ‘extremists’ if they refuse to leave central Kiev

Sat Jan 25 2014 - 20:40

Man dies of new bird flu strain in China

Strain of bird flu previously unknown in humans now detected in nine cases

Wed Apr 03 2013 - 13:03

Chinese seek answers as more floating pig carcasses found in ‘hog wash scandal’

Shanghai officials insist water quality ‘normal’ despite discovery of 15,000 pigs in river

Wed Mar 20 2013 - 06:00