The former taoiseach had previously been on the advisory board of GetTangi Corporation, and has now returned following his 2019 stroke

Frank Feighan, the minister in charge of the National Drugs Strategy, does not envisage legalising cannabis, but a legally regulated market would control what goes into cannabis, as well as generating revenue from taxes

Judge says state must prove its prohibitions on cannabis products containing trace amounts of the psychoactive compound protect human health

The claim appeared in a legal challenge to the no-tolerance policy in Irish law for products containing the main psychoactive compound in cannabis

The company acquired GW Pharma, the UK biopharma and producer of cannabis-derived Epidiolex, earlier this year

The licensing of cannabis medication is overly bureaucratic, the products are expensive and reimbursement limited, so some individuals are risking prosecution by growing their own

The war on drugs has been a spectacular and costly failure, and it’s time to face reality instead of continuing our usual approach of ‘blissful ignorance’

Farmers and industry representatives say Irish law is holding back the development of a large-scale hemp industry, due to a no-tolerance policy over the cannabinoid compound THC, which forms part of the plant

The housing crisis hasn’t gone away, you know. It was only a matter of time until the fund-warped development model came back to bite those currently in power