/PRNewswire/ ioneer Ltd ("ioneer" or the "Company") (ASX: INR) is pleased to announce that the Company has reached an agreement to establish a joint venture.
Shortly after I joined the news desk of the
Irish Farmers Journal, I found myself in Brussels at an informal briefing for agri journalists by European Commission officials.
I was very much the junior, as Matt Dempsey, our editor, was also along.
I asked a question regarding bluetongue. If you are under 30, you may have little idea about bluetongue, but in 2007 it was a hot topic.
A virus that affected animals but not people, it had travelled across Europe rather quickly, and had found its way across the UK.
Quarantine
The virus was transmitted by a midge and Ireland had adopted some physio-sanitary measures to prevent its arrival on our shores.