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Jailed farmer challenges will over family property dispute

July 8, 2020

By Gordon Deegan A west Clare farmer has told a court that he wants a will concerning a family property dispute challenged. In…

€60,000 injury claim against agricultural show thrown out due to ‘misleading evidence’

July 2, 2020

Rural Life

By Gordon Deegan A judge has thrown out a woman’s €60,000 personal injury claim for a back injury, after finding that she gave…

Judge: Slash-hook assault in farmer burial plot row ‘the stuff of John B. Keane’

June 25, 2020

Agri-Business

By Gordon Deegan An 81-year-old farmer told a court today that but for the fact that he was on consecrated ground, he would…

Creed invited to attend Longford District Court over ‘rogue farmers’

June 24, 2020

Agri Politics

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has been asked to attend a sitting of Longford District Court to explain his…

Court: Farmer who accused neighbour of mistreating sheep was the ‘real culprit’

June 23, 2020

Rural Life

A farmer who accused his neighbour of mistreating his sheep by not watering them in scorching hot weather was found to be the…

Views of a visitor: Dairying in Chile

June 21, 2020

Dairy

By Dr. Richard Kirkland, global technical manager, Volac Wilmar Feed Ingredients Think of Chile and it’s likely the rather unique shape of the…

Court hears farmer threatened man with slash hook in burial plot row

May 28, 2020

Rural Life

By Gordon Deegan A 68-year-old south Co. Galway farmer produced a slash hook at a graveyard and told an 81-year-old man “I’m going…

Beyond Covid-19: The longer term impact on our food-supply chain

May 18, 2020

Agri-Business

By Eoin Lowry, head of agri with Bank of Ireland While farming had escaped the direct impact of the pandemic initially, farm-gate prices…

Opinion: The US is supporting its dairy farmers in a very substantial manner

May 14, 2020

Opinion

By Dr. Declan O’Connor, Department of Mathematics, Cork Institute of Technology Applications for the €30 million Aids to Private Storage (APS) for dairy…

Farmer arrested on same day mother was buried to face new charge

May 14, 2020

Rural Life

By Gordon Deegan A west Clare farmer arrested by Gardaí the same day his mother was buried last week arising from a property…

Opinion: The wool market is dead. Drystock farmers need immediate, concrete action

May 11, 2020

Opinion

By John Brooks, beef and sheep farmer in Co. Roscommon The current, relatively stable status of lamb prices is totally due to the…

Views of a visitor: Dairying in Dubai, UAE

May 9, 2020

Dairy

By Dr. Richard Kirkland, global technical manager, Volac Wilmar Feed Ingredients Dairying in Dubai? Surely not! His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al…

Farmer arrested on same day as mother’s burial over property dispute with brother

May 6, 2020

Rural Life

By Gordon Deegan A 52-year old west Clare farmer was arrested by Gardaí the same day as his mother was buried this week…

Opinion: How do we reduce the risk for dairy farmers?

April 29, 2020

Opinion

By Dr. Declan O’Connor, Department of Mathematics, Cork Institute of Technology We need to strengthen the dairy safety net. At the moment, it’s impossible…

Judge told he’s well qualified to hear ‘infertile bull’ case – as he knows ‘about birds and bees’

April 27, 2020

Rural Life

By Gordon Deegan A solicitor has told a judge that he is well qualified to hear a contested infertile bull case as he…

Land boundary dispute is ‘one of these Wanderly Wagon cases’ – Judge

April 23, 2020

Rural Life

By Gordon Deegan A judge told a court today, Thursday, April 23, that a land boundary case between two brothers-in-law and businessmen “is one…

Options for beef farmers in a falling market

April 15, 2020

Beef

By Alan Dillon, Teagasc beef specialist and Green Acres Calf to Beef programme manager Current market conditions which Irish beef farmers are experiencing…

Opinion: Mocking or knocking our institutions needs to stop…

April 12, 2020

Opinion

By Eddie Downey, former president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Listening to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announce that the Covid-19 restrictions will remain…

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