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Ceann Comhairle objects to solar farm plan for Kildare farmland
Ceann Comhairle objects to solar farm plan for Kildare farmland

By Gordon Deegan Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó’Fearghaíl TD, has raised concerns over a planned €100 million solar farm that is to...

Court: Farmer who coercively controlled wife faces ‘significant’ sentence
Court: Farmer who coercively controlled wife faces ‘significant’ sentence

By Gordon Deegan A judge has told a part-time farmer from Co. Clare that he faces “a significant custodial sentence”...

Court: Man sentenced for biting ear of farmer brother
Court: Man sentenced for biting ear of farmer brother

By Gordon Deegan A medical professional who bit off the top part of his brother’s left ear in a farmyard row “around...

Court: Neighbouring farmers found guilty of assault after row
Court: Neighbouring farmers found guilty of assault after row

By Gordon Deegan A south Galway farmer arrived without shoes and socks at a neighbour’s farmyard and told his neighbour...

Uisce Éireann to pay over €15,000 after ‘very significant fish kill’
Uisce Éireann to pay over €15,000 after ‘very significant fish kill’

By Gordon Deegan An iron sludge discharge from a ’no longer fit for purpose’ water treatment plant operated by Uisce...

Christmas Tractors Nenagh lauded by charities for annual event
Christmas Tractors Nenagh lauded by charities for annual event

By Anna Powell Christmas Tractors Nenagh is a magical event which has been brought to the town of Nenagh every...

Court: Man bit off part of brother’s ear in Clare farmyard row
Court: Man bit off part of brother’s ear in Clare farmyard row

By Gordon Deegan A medical professional bit off the top part of his brother’s left ear in a farmyard row...

NI company scoops Silver Award at LAMMA for roofing sheets
NI company scoops Silver Award at LAMMA for roofing sheets

By Chris McCullogh Northern Ireland-based Greenhill Systems picked up a Silver Award at LAMMA for its Heatguard Evolution transparent roofing...

Court: Man awarded €34k over motorway crash with loose cow
Court: Man awarded €34k over motorway crash with loose cow

By Gordon Deegan A former world handball champion has told a court that he feared for his life and thought...

High Court: Directors of closed meat processor reject debt liability
High Court: Directors of closed meat processor reject debt liability

The liquidator of a meat processing company has asked the High Court to make the firm’s directors personally liable for...

Planning row between Clare households after 20-year land dispute
Planning row between Clare households after 20-year land dispute

By Gordon Deegan A planning row has broken out between north Clare farm households who have already been engaged in...

Was the ‘craic’ invented in rural Connemara?
Was the ‘craic’ invented in rural Connemara?

By Mairtín Ó’Catháin Did Connemara people invent the ‘craic’? It might be a good topic of conversation while the populace...

Meet the haulier retiring after 34 years of collecting milk
Meet the haulier retiring after 34 years of collecting milk

In the last 34 years, Co. Armagh milk haulier Brian Patterson has seen the good and the great of the...

€20m of cocaine seized from grain ship in Limerick
€20m of cocaine seized from grain ship in Limerick

By David Raleigh €21 million worth of suspected cocaine has been seized by customs aboard a cargo ship believed to...

Advice: How to deal with a CPO on your land
Advice: How to deal with a CPO on your land

In a new series of articles on Agriland, agricultural consultant, Philip Farrelly explores the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) deals on...

Uisce Éireann prosecuted over Clare fish kill
Uisce Éireann prosecuted over Clare fish kill

By Gordon Deegan Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is prosecuting Uisce Éireann in connection with a fish kill that occurred in...

Glenisk revenues down €9.6m in 2022 due to fire
Glenisk revenues down €9.6m in 2022 due to fire

By Gordon Deegan The makers of the Glenisk organic yogurt brand last year sustained a €9.59 million revenue hit due...

Judge ‘has no time’ for farmer dispute to be played out in court
Judge ‘has no time’ for farmer dispute to be played out in court

By Gordon Deegan A judge has told “gentleman farmers” that he has no interest having court time used for a...