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.

Teagasc inundated with Single Farm Payment queries, as deadline looms
Teagasc inundated with Single Farm Payment queries, as deadline looms

Farmers have just three weeks to get their Single Farm Payment application into the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

Bord Bia and Google help promote Irish food companies, as 70% of online spend goes abroad
Bord Bia and Google help promote Irish food companies, as 70% of online spend goes abroad

Some 70% of the Irish online spend last year went out of the country and while Irish consumers are very...

No exceptions for agriculture on climate change – Minister Phil Hogan
No exceptions for agriculture on climate change – Minister Phil Hogan

Agriculture must become carbon neutral to fulfil its climate change obligations, according to the Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan,...

EU’s resistance to GMOs is holding Irish farmers back – IFA
EU’s resistance to GMOs is holding Irish farmers back – IFA

Europe’s resistance to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is holding farmers back, according to the IFA. Irish farmers must be able...

Mercosur trade deal could destroy suckler herd – IFA
Mercosur trade deal could destroy suckler herd – IFA

The IFA has said there are serious worries around the possibility of a Mercosur trade deal being agreed in the...

Dog attacks on sheep increasing – IFA
Dog attacks on sheep increasing – IFA

IFA National Sheep Chairman John Lynskey said the growing number of savage dog attacks on sheep flocks must lead to...

Beef summit dominates the news this week
Beef summit dominates the news this week

The news this week was dominated by the beef summit, which took place on Thursday when the Minster for Agriculture,...

Beef summit: Factories ‘deliver continuous price increases’
Beef summit: Factories ‘deliver continuous price increases’

The meat factories said, after today’s beef summit, that they have delivered continuous price increases over the last number of...

Beef summit outcome – Minister launches 7-point plan
Beef summit outcome – Minister launches 7-point plan

A seven-point plan has been drawn up by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and key stakeholders following...

IFA says it is ‘always reviewing’ funding
IFA says it is ‘always reviewing’ funding

On the eve of the roundtable discussion on the future of the beef sector, the IFA has said it is...

IFA will push live exports to drive up beef prices
IFA will push live exports to drive up beef prices

The IFA will push the export of live cattle, to help limit supplies and drive up beef prices, IFA President...

European beef prices drop by 5% as costs rise – Copa-Cogeca
European beef prices drop by 5% as costs rise – Copa-Cogeca

European farm organisation, Copa-Cogeca, is warning of tough times ahead for the beef industry. Days before industry stakeholders are meeting...

Fischler says sustainable farming is the future
Fischler says sustainable farming is the future

Sustainable farming is about innovation, according to Franz Fischler, former EU Agriculture Commissioner, but biotechnology does not provide the full...

Economically weakest towns in Offaly and Carlow
Economically weakest towns in Offaly and Carlow

Offaly and Carlow are home to the economically weakest towns in the country, according to a new study by Teagasc. ...

‘The safety of GM food for consumption has yet to be proven’
‘The safety of GM food for consumption has yet to be proven’

No genetically modified (GM) food can be considered safe, if consumed over a lifetime, according to one speaker at the...

Two years’ notice on five-year Glanbia milk supply agreements
Two years’ notice on five-year Glanbia milk supply agreements

Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Limited (GIIL) has announced that its Milk Supply Agreement (MSL) with suppliers will run for five years,...

Comment: Beef sector needs decisive action now
Comment: Beef sector needs decisive action now

The beef industry is in turmoil with no clear direction on offer to farmers. Ireland is the fifth largest exporter...

Tractor sales on the rise in 2014
Tractor sales on the rise in 2014

The number of new tractors licensed for in March is up on the past two years, 2013 and 2012, according to...