Claire Mc Cormack, Author at Agriland.ie

Claire Mc Cormack

Claire Mc Cormack is from an agricultural background in Westmeath. She holds a BA from Maynooth University, an M.Phil from TCD and an MA in Journalism from DCU. She was awarded the ‘Veronica Guerin Memorial Scholarship’ 2013-2014. Claire writes on all aspects of farming and rural life. Formerly, she worked as rural affairs correspondent at Irish Independent/Farming Independent, and as a reporter at Sunday Independent. She is currently doing an MSc in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development at UCD. Claire was awarded 'Best Online' in the digital category at the Guild of Agricultural Journalism Awards 2018.

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‘The amount of carbon Irish grassland sequesters might be massive’ – Dr. Mitloehner

January 20, 2020

Agri Politics

Agriculture and forestry combined are “a greater sink than source of greenhouse gases”, according to global air pollution expert Dr. Frank Mitloehner. In…

‘Don’t spend time defending yourself against the 1%’ – Dr. Mitloehner on vegan ‘fringe’

January 20, 2020

Dairy

“Taste, price, nutrition and brand” are the key drivers that inform consumer decisions when buying agri-food products at the supermarket. This is how…

‘It is not new carbon that we have; it is recycled carbon’ – Dr. Mitloehner on livestock-related emissions

January 19, 2020

Beef

Livestock emissions are “completely different” than fossil fuel emissions. This is a key message laboured by Dr. Frank Mitloehner – a leading global…

How the global attack on agricultural emissions began; meet Dr. Frank Mitloehner…

January 18, 2020

Environment

The year was 2006. The President of Ireland: Mary McAleese; the Taoiseach: Bertie Ahern (Fianna Fáil); the Minister for Agriculture: Mary Coughlan (Fianna…

Methane reduction linked to better on-farm profitability

January 18, 2020

Beef

Reducing methane production enhances on-farm profitability, according to the preliminary findings of a potentially game-changing international project involving Teagasc, the Irish Cattle Breeding…

Legal correspondence sent as Beef Plan crisis deepens

January 15, 2020

Beef

Sources within Beef Plan have told AgriLand that legal correspondence has been sent by one of the warring factions, as the deepening crisis…

Beef Plan stalemate: To elect or not to elect? That appears to be the question…

January 10, 2020

Agri-Business

As the dispute within Beef Plan Movement rumbles on, both factions have issued conflicting statements with regard to its 2020 elections. One statement…

‘We’re the laughing stock of the country’ – chaos as Galway Beef Plan election abandoned

January 9, 2020

Agri Politics

Beef Plan Movement’s Galway election was officially abandoned last night, Wednesday, January 8, as the meeting quickly descended into scenes of chaos. The…

Beef Plan dispute: Rules of Governance a central sticking point

January 8, 2020

Agri-Business

A major dispute has broken out within Beef Plan Movement. Meetings are currently taking place across the country in an attempt to “explain”…

EGM called by ‘stood down’ Beef Plan National Committee [updated]

January 5, 2020

Agri Politics

Several members of what was the Beef Plan Movement’s National Committee (a committee reportedly stood down by the association’s co-chairs yesterday – Saturday, January 4)…

Dairy farmers urged to ‘regard the cow as a machine’ in 1932

January 5, 2020

Dairy

It appears that the opportunity to produce “milk for the towns” was a big talking point in the Irish winter of 1932, as…

Free State Farmer: A sense of Irish farming in 1932

January 2, 2020

Rural Life

A December 1932 edition of Free State Farmer magazine made its way into my possession this Christmas. The 26-page mostly black and white…

Internal dispute emerges over Beef Plan 2020 elections

December 31, 2019

Agri Politics

Beef Plan Movement is on the cusp of what’s being described as “a civil war” as internal communications over the farm organisation’s 2020…

Emission intensity of Irish beef vs. Brazilian beef outlined by MEP

December 18, 2019

Beef

The European Commission has been called on to insert a legally binding “climate-conditionality” clause in all future EU trade agreements to ensure EU…