The Beef Plan Movement, a group of activist beef producers who have accused processors of acting like a cartel, objected to recently enacted legislation meant to curb bid-rigging and other anti-competitive practices.
The Irish forestry industry has called on the Government to change fire regulations that effectively place a 10-metre limit on timber buildings in Ireland as a way to boost use of the material in construction projects.
Growing up in London with Irish parents who very much hankered for home, Des O’Connor knew there could be more opportunities than those his father had found in construction work in the UK.