The Housing Agency has entered into a contract with Cairn Homes to deliver 332 apartments at Seven Mills in Clonburris for sale to owner-occupiers under a scheme designed to bridge the affordability gap in apartment building. Hugh Dooley reports.

The Department of Agriculture is making progress in persuading the authorities in Beijing that Irish beef is safe, but it remains unclear when it can return to the Chinese market, junior Agriculture Minister Timmy Dooley said on Friday. Denis Staunton has the details.

You can learn a language late in life, writes the FT’s Pilita Clark in her weekly column.