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Wednesday 21 October 2020
More than 250 people were killed in the suicide bombings on Easter Sunday.
Hundreds were killed in a series of bomb blasts in the country on Easter Sunday.
Eight explosions struck churches and hotels in the capital Colombo on Easter Sunday.
No Irish citizens are believed to be among the dead or injured in yesterday’s fatal attacks.
The government is investigating whether the group had “international support”.
Eight people have now been arrested over the attacks.
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Ireland and the West Indies meet in a Super 8 eliminator match on Monday afternoon in Colombo.
Ireland’s cricketers beat Zimbabwe by a comfortable 54 runs in Colombo on Thursday morning.
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THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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