Margaret Donnelly

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Her first agricultural journalism role was working in the Farming Independent as a journalist, before she became Editor of Irish Farmers Monthly and Veterinary Journal Ireland. From a beef and tillage farm on the Offaly/Tipperary border, she has a Degree in Journalism from DIT and a Masters in Marketing from Smurfit Business School.

Income averaging and ANC payment hikes among IFA demands from Budget 2017
Income averaging and ANC payment hikes among IFA demands from Budget 2017

The Government must deliver on short-term measures that will directly support farm incomes and longer term measures to tackle income volatility...

More details due today around EU aid package for farmers
More details due today around EU aid package for farmers

Further details of the latest round of EU aid is expected to emerge today, with the Commission due to field...

Department remains tight lipped over land eligibility appeals update
Department remains tight lipped over land eligibility appeals update

The Department of Agriculture is remaining tight lipped over any possible implications the recent High Court judgement on an inspection...

New task force to implement recommendations for beef sector
New task force to implement recommendations for beef sector

After the eight session of the Beef Forum, the Minister for Agriculture has set up a sub group of the...

European Medicines Agency recommends suspending the use of Velactis
European Medicines Agency recommends suspending the use of Velactis

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended suspending the veterinary medicine Velactis used in dairy cows at the time of...

Calls for next tranche of GLAS to be amended, improve and opened immediately
Calls for next tranche of GLAS to be amended, improve and opened immediately

The next tranche of GLAS needs to be amended, improved and opened immediately, according to ICMSA, to allow for orderly...

IFA Grain Committee ‘is not fit for purpose’ say Cork growers
IFA Grain Committee ‘is not fit for purpose’ say Cork growers

Over 200 grain growers from Cork have called on IFA President Joe Healy to revamp the the IFA Grain Committee,...

Monday is D-Day for dairy farmers as EU reveals new support measures
Monday is D-Day for dairy farmers as EU reveals new support measures

Dairy farmers across Europe will find out on Monday the details of further EU supports in light of the ongoing...

Cattle tag tender withdrawn after legal issues raised by a number of companies
Cattle tag tender withdrawn after legal issues raised by a number of companies

The cattle tag tender has been withdrawn by the Department of Agriculture, in light of two companies challenging the legality of...

New Quality Assurance Scheme to be signed off within days
New Quality Assurance Scheme to be signed off within days

A new Quality Assurance Scheme from Bord Bia is expected to be signed of within days, after key issues were...

The days of farmers’ children getting the college grant could be over
The days of farmers’ children getting the college grant could be over

Farmers’ children’s access to a college grant could be in jeopardy, if with proposals under the new Cassells Report on the...

Average Glanbia dairy loan sought exceeds expectations
Average Glanbia dairy loan sought exceeds expectations

The ongoing dairy crisis has not dampened many dairy farmers plans to invest in their farms and initial interest in...

Calls for new farm inspection appeals board following High Court judgement
Calls for new farm inspection appeals board following High Court judgement

The recent High Court decision around farm inspection appeals highlights the need for an overhaul of the farm inspection and appeals...

Opinion: A drive for cheap food in post-Brexit UK would hit Irish farmers
Opinion: A drive for cheap food in post-Brexit UK would hit Irish farmers

With Brexit now a reality, one of the key uncertainties is where UK retailers will source their food and a...

What is the ideal Brexit model – from an Irish point of view?
What is the ideal Brexit model – from an Irish point of view?

While most people here would like Brexit not to happen and the UK to remain within the EU, it is...

There will be more pressure on UK retailers to source cheaper beef – ABP boss
There will be more pressure on UK retailers to source cheaper beef – ABP boss

Ireland has exported significant amounts of beef to the UK since the 1660s and that will continue despite Brexit, the Chief...

IFA looks for new boss – no details of salary disclosed
IFA looks for new boss – no details of salary disclosed

The IFA has announced details of its new top post, that of Director General, in the first move to fill...

‘Prevention is important, but more support is needed when a farm accident happens’
‘Prevention is important, but more support is needed when a farm accident happens’

Having become accustomed to flying around the Tullamore Show-site by quad, tractor, and foot over the years, 2015 was a...