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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...

Galway farmer charged with ‘assaulting’ TD at public meeting
Galway farmer charged with ‘assaulting’ TD at public meeting

By Gordon Deegan A south Galway farmer alleged to have thrown a bag containing cow dung in the direction of Minister for...

High Court judge dismisses Kilkenny wind farm challenge
High Court judge dismisses Kilkenny wind farm challenge

By Gordon Deegan A challenge mounted by locals against a large-scale €175 million wind farm, and opposed by Kilkenny hurling great, Henry Shefflin, has...

‘Record’ financial report for company owned by Danny Healy-Rae
‘Record’ financial report for company owned by Danny Healy-Rae

By Gordon Deegan The plant-hire and civil engineering company owned by outspoken independent Kerry TD and farmer, Danny Healy-Rae enjoyed a record year last year...

Meath horticulture company sees pre-tax profits drop by 42%
Meath horticulture company sees pre-tax profits drop by 42%

By Gordon Deegan Pre-tax profits at the family owned horticulture firm behind McCormack Farms based in Co. Meath, last year...

Galway-based wool business making pillows for 5-star hotels
Galway-based wool business making pillows for 5-star hotels

By Barbara Collins A Galway-based wool business has partnered with two five-star hotels to produce bespoke, king-size wool pillows. Woolow CEO...

Dairy Focus: Economic and environmental sustainability at Glastry Farm
Dairy Focus: Economic and environmental sustainability at Glastry Farm

By Barbara Collins Glastry Farm is a specialised dairy farm which extends to 247ac owned, as well as a further...

Wyeth Nutritionals posts pre-tax loss despite revenues over €225m
Wyeth Nutritionals posts pre-tax loss despite revenues over €225m

By Gordon Deegan The Co. Limerick firm Wyeth Nutritionals, which sells infant formula to markets including China last year recorded...

Focus: Adding value to a sheep enterprise with ‘lamb ham’
Focus: Adding value to a sheep enterprise with ‘lamb ham’

By Barbara Collins Alan and Wendy Dempster breed sheep on their 50ac farm near Ballymoney in Co. Antrim. It is...

Visitor parking issue causing Burren farmers ‘undue hardship’
Visitor parking issue causing Burren farmers ‘undue hardship’

By Gordon Deegan Farmers and residents living in the area around Burren National Park in Co. Clare face “undue chaos...

Post-tax profits drop at Cork’s Ballymaloe Cookery School
Post-tax profits drop at Cork’s Ballymaloe Cookery School

By Gordon Deegan Post-tax profits at Darina Allen’s Ballymaloe Cookery School last year decreased by 7% to €86,876 as costs increased. The renowned...

‘I cull all empties, even the good cows’ – Cavan dairy farmer
‘I cull all empties, even the good cows’ – Cavan dairy farmer

Just five years after having a calving season spanning 10 months of the year, a Co. Cavan dairy farm family...

Forestry owner wins €1.43m tax dispute with Revenue
Forestry owner wins €1.43m tax dispute with Revenue

By Gordon Deegan A forestry owner has won a €1.43 million Capital Gains Tax (CGT) dispute with Revenue relating to...

Court: Farmers fined for health and safety offences over farm death
Court: Farmers fined for health and safety offences over farm death

By Gordon Deegan A west Clare woman has told a court of her devastation at losing her husband in a...

High Court: Mother and son in dispute over house and land
High Court: Mother and son in dispute over house and land

By Aodhan O’Faolain A dispute between a mother and son over a Co. Kilkenny-based property that includes a guesthouse and...

Court: Galway farmer jailed for abusing nephew on farm
Court: Galway farmer jailed for abusing nephew on farm

By Fiona Ferguson A Galway farmer who sexually abused his young nephew has been jailed for eight years. He abused...