Marks and Spencer has today announced the temporary withdrawal of over 100 food products to its Northern Ireland supermarkets – including Percy Pigs.
The move comes following uncertainties surrounding the UK’s formal exit from the EU and what that means for food security and trade agreements between GB-NI food producers.
Only last month, both M&S and Sainsbury’s warned of potential food shortages due to such inconsistencies surrounding Brexit.
Here s the full list of M&S products temporarily withdrawn from sale in Northern Ireland because of the Irish Sea border – from bin bags, Brewdog, and Buddha bowls to vegan sausage rolls, Walter the Sausage Dog Easter eggs and dog food. pic.twitter.com/LH3NSuKYMf
Geological Survey Ireland announces â¬1.45 million funding for new research projects
Topics include Climate Change, Landslides & Hazards, Offshore & Geothermal Energy
Geological Survey Ireland has announced it awarded over â¬1.45 million under its Research Programme in 2020. World-class research projects in geoscience and related areas of environmental science and engineering were supported. Since 2015, the Programme has committed over â¬11 million in funding to over 150 projects in academia and SMEs. Data, expertise and support from Geological Survey Ireland scientific and technical staff have also been provided under the Programme.
The 2020 awards include six multi-annual projects in areas including groundwater modelling, sourcing of critical metals, deep geothermal energy and geotechnical engineering studies of slope failure. Two of these projects are co-funded with Science Foundation Ireland
Coronavirus UPDATE: CMO says trajectory of COVID-19 is of grave concern By Ruth O Connell Retail representatives will meet with government this morning to discuss deferring January sales.
The Chief Medical Officer says the current trajectory of Covid-19 here is of grave concern , as people are being urged to rethink their Christmas plans to protect elderly and vulnerable loved ones.
The country will move to Level 5 restrictions tomorrow in an attempt to stop the spread of the disease.
Hotels, gastropubs, hairdressers and beauticians will have to close, while restrictions on household visits and inter-county travel will be phased in from St. Stephen s Day.
CMO urges public to rethink Christmas plans to protect vulnerable people Published: Wednesday, 23 December 2020 07:17
People are being asked to rethink their plans for the Christmas period to protect families and vulnerable loved ones.
The call, from the Chief Medical Officer, comes as the country gets set to move into Level 5 restrictions tomorrow in an effort to curb rising infection rates.
Hotels, gastropubs, hairdressers and beauticians will have to close, while restrictions on household visits and inter-county travel will be phased in from St. Stephen s Day.
970 new cases were recorded yesterday - the highest in almost two months.
348 are in Dublin, 60 in Limerick, 59 in Cork, 59 in Wexford, 55 in Louth, 40 in Galway and the remaining cases are spread across 19 other counties.
Credit: Dr Sian Owen and Dr Rocio Canals
University of Liverpool scientists have exploited the combined power of genomics and epidemiology to understand how a type of Salmonella bacteria evolved to kill hundreds of thousands of immunocompromised people in Africa.
Bloodstream infections caused by a drug-resistant type of Salmonella Typhimurium called ST313 are a major public health concern in Africa, where the disease is endemic and causes ~50,000 deaths each year. What was missing was an understanding of the timing of the major evolutionary events that equipped African Salmonella to cause bloodstream infections in humans.
In a new paper published in