Rural Life
The Department of Agriculture has investigated 30 cases of animal cruelty in 2014 and has...
The collapse of the construction industry saw more people between the ages of 45 and 64 return to...
The newly-formed farming organisation – Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) – has...
The shooting dead of a Hen Harrier in south Kerry in January has been widely condemned, which the...
Environment
Last year, 48% of household septic tanks inspected by local authorities failed the inspection,...
While 65% of farmers have a Farm Safety Statement or code of practise for their farm, but only 52%...
Dairy
Some 58% of farm deaths are happening in dairy farming which makes up just 17% of the farming...
A person working in agriculture is eight times more likely to be killed in a work place accident...
The most in-demand elements with farmers of the Farm Safety Scheme were mobile cattle handling...
A new Irish TV show is looking for Irish farming families to be part and the production company is...
Over 350,000 people in rural Ireland are at risk of poverty, according to Social Justice...
A Kilkenny farmer has been killed in a farm accident today (Wednesday). The man, believed to be...
There is more land available to be farmed than there are young farmers to take these opportunities,...
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is reducing the number of farm inspections it will carry out...
The founder of Embrace Farm has urged all working in agriculture to redouble their efforts on...
A pig farmer was jailed for 10 weeks and fined €3,000, after a judge labelled him ‘an absolute...
This week’s episode of Ear to the Ground on Tuesday night, look at the dairy industry and whether...
Land mobility is the new quota and this topic will be discussed at a Macra event in Cahir next...
In its core principles on rural settlement An Tasice has called on the Government to restricted...
The founder of Embrace FARM – the organisation established last year to provide support for...
The suggestion by Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan that EU farm payments might be cut where...
Figures released by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) show that there were 55 people killed in...
Farmers have been warned that they could lose EU grants if they don’t improve safety standards...
