Sylvester Phelan, Author at Agriland.ie

Sylvester Phelan

Sylvester Phelan holds a Masters of Science degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development from UCD as well as an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English and history (also from UCD), and the Green Cert. He is from a dairy farm in Co. Laois, where he works on the weekends.

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IFA targets Musgraves central distribution centre in latest blockade

December 10, 2019

Agri Politics

Additional reporting by Breifne O’Brien at Musgraves Kilcock The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has continued its beef protest this morning, Tuesday, December 10,…

‘Gamified learning’: Game-based pilot for young farmers launched

December 9, 2019

Agri-Business

A gaming pilot programme to raise cooperative awareness among young farmers through “gamified learning” resources has been launched recently. ICOS Skillnet, with the…

Prohibition order served on meat manufacturing plant in November

December 9, 2019

Rural Life

A small meat manufacturing plant in Co. Meath was served with a prohibition order by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) during…

Tesco ‘cannot wash its hands’ of below-cost prices for farmers – ICSA

December 9, 2019

Agri Politics

Tesco “cannot wash its hands” of the issue of farmers working for below the cost of production, according to the Irish Cattle and…

Beef Market Tracking: Price gap widens marginally

December 9, 2019

Beef

The new Beef Market Tracking tool on the Bord Bia website has shown that the gap between beef prices in Ireland compared to…

Garda air support on hand in fight against Christmas tree theft

December 9, 2019

Rural Life

The Garda Síochána Air Support unit will liaise with members of An Garda Síochána on the ground in tackling the theft of trees…

Customer price for beef ‘not related to price farmers receive’ – Tesco

December 9, 2019

Agri-Business

Tesco Ireland has issued a response to the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) ongoing 12-hour blockade of its central distribution centre in Donabate, Co.…

Delay in new support scheme could see knackery charges doubled

December 9, 2019

Agri-Business

Fears have been raised over progress being made in ongoing talks between knackery representatives and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine officials…

‘Figures don’t stack up’: Sheep farmers ‘still paid below cost of production’

December 9, 2019

Sheep

Sheep farmers are still getting paid below the cost of production despite recent increases, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association…

Cold unsettled conditions on the cards for the week – Met Éireann

December 9, 2019

Environment

Very unsettled weather is expected for the coming week, according to Met Éireann, while it will also be colder than normal over the…

IFA blocks Tesco central distribution centre in latest beef protest

December 9, 2019

Beef

Additional reporting by Breifne O’Brien in Donabate, Co. Dublin The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) blockaded the Tesco central distribution centre in Donabate, Co.…

Orange warning among 4 alerts issued as Storm Atiyah approaches

December 7, 2019

Environment

Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange wind warning for nine counties around the country with a further three Status Yellow wind and…

Lorry container of beef recovered in Louth following Armagh theft

December 7, 2019

Rural Life

Investigations are ongoing following the theft of a lorry container of beef carcasses from a premises in Co. Armagh yesterday, Friday, December 6.…

IFA blockades Lidl distribution centre in Cork

December 6, 2019

Agri Politics

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has stepped up its campaign for an increase in the price of beef by blockading the Lidl distribution…

Carbery secures €35 million EIB loan for Ballineen expansion

December 6, 2019

Agri-Business

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a €35 million loan to enable the expansion and diversification of the Ballineen facilities…

Co-ops told to ‘stop dragging heels on price’ when ‘facts favour rise’

December 6, 2019

Dairy

Irish dairy cooperatives cannot keep dragging their heels on milk price when all indicators point to higher prices, according to the Irish Farmers’…

12 farmers on latest tax defaulters list…with largest bill of €171,365

December 4, 2019

Rural Life

A number of farmers and contractors featured in a list of tax defaulters published by Revenue for the third quarter (Q3) of 2019.…

Factories urged to ‘step up to mark on price – or protests will resume’

December 2, 2019

Beef

Beef processors and Meat Industry Ireland (MII) have been urged to “step up to the mark” on the issue of base price in…

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