Weather

Thursday will see outbreaks of rain across Connacht and Munster.

Met Éireann says that the rest of the day is expected to be dry in the remainder of the country with highs of between 14-18°C.

In the news

  • A Cavan man in his 60s was airlifted to hospital following an attack by a cow on a farm in Bailieborough, Co Cavan.
  • The new fertiliser rules will cover all types of fertiliser in the EU and will set limits on contaminants such as cadmium.
  • A new lepto vaccine in the Irish market has given farmers who found themselves without a vaccine a chance.
  • An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was speaking in the Dáil on Tuesday about the Brexit beef fund.
  • Latest figures from the CSO show there are now 104,000 people employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.