The top stories this m0rning
- Farmers are being placed in the unenviable position of having to cull pregnant cows in order to meet a reduction in stock numbers under the nitrates derogation. A demonstration is to be mounted outside the constituency offices of Ministers Simon Coveney and Michael McGrath in Carrigaline later this morning on the matter
- More Gardaí will be around the city today policing theft and anti-social behaviour. There will be an increase of Garda presence around the main shopping areas as part of the Christmas policing plan.
- The Gardaí's annual Christmas and New Year Road Safety Campaign is now underway. 172 people have been killed in road collisions already this year, 12 of those have been on Cork roads.
- Shane McGowan is being described 'as an absolutely extraordinary songwriter.' Tributes are continuing to pour in after The Pogues frontman died yesterday at the age of 65.
