Letter to the editor

Letter to the editor: Some rural TDs care more about votes than climate

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Some rural TDs care more about votes than climate

I see that certain rural TDs are worried about the 25% compromise on agriculture emissions. Over the past few weeks...
Letter to the editor: Conflict must not overshadow climate concerns

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Conflict must not overshadow climate concerns

While our thoughts are with the people of the Ukraine, some of the polarised arguments circulating in response to the...
Letter to the editor: An Taisce is not anti-farmer or anti-agriculture

Opinion

Letter to the editor: An Taisce is not anti-farmer or anti-agriculture

We, at An Taisce, are writing in response to the opinion piece written by Ciaran Fitzgerald on March 8, 2022,...
Letter to the editor: Government abandons farmers yet again

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Government abandons farmers yet again

Today has really been a monumental day. It’s certainly a day I and many farmers will never forget. Not only...
Letter to the editor: Ban on animal transport is groundbreaking

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Ban on animal transport is groundbreaking

Ethical Faming Ireland very much welcomes the outcome of the vote by the ANIT committee of inquiry into long distance...
Letter to the editor: No protest if a cull would reduce ‘greater suffering’

Opinion

Letter to the editor: No protest if a cull would reduce ‘greater suffering’

I’m writing in response to your opinion piece published on November 1, 2021 ‘Where is the animal welfare lobby when...
Letter to the editor: Hare coursing clubs aid conservation

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Hare coursing clubs aid conservation

I respond to the letter titled: ‘Government is far from eco-aware’ regarding hare coursing. The writer makes a number of...
Letter to the editor: ‘Government is far from eco-aware’

Opinion

Letter to the editor: ‘Government is far from eco-aware’

The present coalition has referred to itself as one of the most eco-aware governments ever; partly I presume because the...
Letter to the editor: Death knell for greyhound racing

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Death knell for greyhound racing

The recently published report by Jim Power entitled ‘The Economic and Financial Significance of the Irish Greyhound Industry’ can be...
Letter to the editor: Why the planet does not need dairy

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Why the planet does not need dairy

Brendan Dunleavy’s far-fetched claims about Elsie the cow and the merits of dairy, in a letter to the editor published...
Letter to the editor: Why the planet needs dairy farmers

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Why the planet needs dairy farmers

If An Taisce and other misguided environmentalists think they can save the planet by curtailing dairy production, they should think...
Letter to the editor: ‘Sharp-toothed beef regulator’ needed

Opinion

Letter to the editor: ‘Sharp-toothed beef regulator’ needed

The Individual Farmers of Ireland tractor protest group is calling on every rural TD to support the call by the...
Letter to the editor: Wood pigeons deserve a break

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Wood pigeons deserve a break

Wood pigeons are a prized part of our wildlife heritage. For many of us, its familiar cooing call is a...
Letter to the editor: Issues with foal levy need to be addressed

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Issues with foal levy need to be addressed

I read with interest the article about the thoroughbred horse breeder on February 22 last. There were two issues I...
Letter to the editor: Small horse breeders being pushed out

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Small horse breeders being pushed out

I am writing to you to issue my concerns for small breeders and the never ending challenges that we face...
Letter to the editor: ‘The time for watching beef industry burn is over’

Opinion

Letter to the editor: ‘The time for watching beef industry burn is over’

So, what is actually going on with the beef trade? Brexit is now out of the way after many years...
Letter to the editor: 4-movement rule should be consigned to history

Opinion

Letter to the editor: 4-movement rule should be consigned to history

Given the traditional movement of beef stock in this country, due to the variants of land type and enterprises they’re...
Letter to the editor: ‘Food Harvest 2020 has come and gone’

Opinion

Letter to the editor: ‘Food Harvest 2020 has come and gone’

Food Harvest 2020 has come and gone and all the ambitions that were talked between the then Minster for Agriculture,...