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Finding a house in rural Ireland – cheapest to most expensive areas
Finding a house in rural Ireland – cheapest to most expensive areas

Finding a house anywhere nowadays can prove difficult, but even more so if your desire is to live in the...

Tirlán employees to climb two of Ireland’s highest peaks for Jack and Jill
Tirlán employees to climb two of Ireland’s highest peaks for Jack and Jill

Tirlán employees are undertaking the ‘Tirlán Two Weeks Peak Challenge’ to raise funds for Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation. The...

Forest photo competition launched with new junior category
Forest photo competition launched with new junior category

The annual forest photo competition has been launched to celebrate the new Forestry Programme 2023-2027 featuring a new junior category...

Former Teagasc advisor chronicles a century of agri change
Former Teagasc advisor chronicles a century of agri change

The viability of farming careers over the past century and into the future is discussed in a new book authored...

Rural Resilience Project to help NI farmers with climate change
Rural Resilience Project to help NI farmers with climate change

Northern Ireland Environmental Link (NIEL) has announced its Rural Resilience Project, which “supports progress towards sustainable agriculture by providing information...

Webinar on maintaining mental health in farming
Webinar on maintaining mental health in farming

Teagasc will hold a free webinar entitled ‘Maintaining your mental health in farming’ on Tuesday, October 10, from 10:00a.m to...

Changes to current CAP will be critical – EU think tank
Changes to current CAP will be critical – EU think tank

The EU needs to adopt a more multi-dimensional approach to the Common Agricultural policy (CAP) to focus on “managing land...

Rural singletons begin quest for love on country-centric series tonight
Rural singletons begin quest for love on country-centric series tonight

Two rural Irish singletons will begin a quest to find love tonight on RTÉ‘s new reality dating series ‘Love in...

Pit cover innovator wins €10,000 prize and place on entrepreneur programme
Pit cover innovator wins €10,000 prize and place on entrepreneur programme

A female innovator who developed an environmentally-friendly sileage pit cover has been selected to take part in a global entrepreneur...

Texts updates can alert farmers to water issues – Uisce Éireann
Texts updates can alert farmers to water issues – Uisce Éireann

Farmers have been urged today (Wednesday, September 27) by Uisce Éireann to sign up to a text alert service which...

PSNI appeal for information about farm theft in Fermanagh
PSNI appeal for information about farm theft in Fermanagh

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has issued an appeal for information following a double theft on a farm...

Major change to Fair Deal scheme ‘badly needed’ – farm org
Major change to Fair Deal scheme ‘badly needed’ – farm org

Plans to expand the Nursing Home Supports Scheme, also known as the Fair Deal, have been welcomed by the Irish...

Exports of Scottish seed potatoes to NI to resume in October
Exports of Scottish seed potatoes to NI to resume in October

The UK government has confirmed that exports of Scottish seed potatoes to Northern Ireland will resume on October 1. Plants...