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Raymond Ellard, Director of Consumer Protection with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), says the contamination of beef burgers with horsemeat was more than likely accidental
Paul Finnerty, the chief executive of ABP Food Group, the parent company of Silvercrest, one of the companies at the centre of the horsemeat controversy, says the source of the contamination was a beef based product bought from third party suppliers outside Ireland.
Aidan Cotter, Chief Executive of Bord Bia, IFA President, John Bryan and Justin McCarthy, Livestock Editor with The Irish Farmer's Journal, assess the impact of the discovery of horse meat in Irish beef burgers
Philip O'Connell, Director of the Geary Institute in UCD and author of the ESRI report, says Ireland's black African immigrants are seven times more likely to experience discrimination when looking for work than white Irish people.
The Justice Minister, Alan Shatter, has said legislation will be prepared to give courts new powers to make periodic payment orders, in cases involving catastrophic injuries.
Micheal Lehane, of our political staff, and Sarah McInerney, political correspondent with The Sunday Times, preview the new Dáil term which starts today.
Richard Downes, RTE Washington Correspondent, reports that President Obama is due to propose gun control legislation changes later today
Tom Boland, Chief Executive of the Higher Education Authority, says we need more effective and co-ordinated higher education system
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Kerry teenager Donal Walsh has died after losing his battle with cancer.
He passed away at his home in Blennerville, County Kerry, surrounded by his dad Fionnbar, his mother Elma and his sister Jemma.
Donal, aged 16, had publicly appealed to young people not to end their lives. He wrote a letter which brought him to national prominence.
He had been battling cancer since he was first diagnosed four years ago, and had raised over €50,000 for charity.
Weeks before his death, Donal recorded a video message to be circulated in schools.
Fr Francis Nolan, parish priest of St. John's in Tralee, was with Donal Walsh's family in the hours after his death
Minister of State for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch paid tribute to Donal's 'generosity of spirit'