N.Ireland
Animal welfare needs joined-up response amid rehoming crisis - Sugden
East Derry MLA Claire Sugden has said a joined-up animal welfare policy between the Executive and local councils must be...
N.Ireland
East Derry MLA Claire Sugden has said a joined-up animal welfare policy between the Executive and local councils must be...
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that the recommendations from the Committee of inquiry on animal transport (ANIT) in...
Agri-Business
Ahead of the European Parliament debate and vote on animal transport, the next two weeks are “crucial” to protect the...
N.Ireland
A Northern Ireland-based farmer has been charged with multiple animal welfare offences, including failure to isolate an animal with tuberculosis...
Rural Life
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett has said that Ireland...
Rural Life
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has (Wednesday, December 15) announced funding of over €3.7 million to...
Beef
Any revisions to animal transport should be based on solid science, according to the representative body for farmers and cooperatives...
N.Ireland
A Northern Ireland farmer has been convicted in court for transporting an animal that was not fit for the journey....
Opinion
Many Irish farmers view the animal welfare lobby as a grouping that is totally anti-farming, but is this really the...
Rural Life
Animal welfare is a prime concern around Halloween, Senator Pippa Hackett said, as she urges people to be conscious of...
Rural Life
EU animal welfare legislation “needs an update and uniform application in all member states”, agriculture MEPs have said. The draft...
Rural Life
A Cork man has been banned from keeping equines for five years having pleaded guilty to two counts under Section...
Rural Life
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the review of animal welfare legislation. The commission hopes to present...
Agri Politics
Fianna Fáil MEP, Billy Kelleher, has said that the Irish industry for live animal exports is coming under intense scrutiny...
Pig/Poultry
In terms of the pig industry, the estimated break-even price for finished pigs is in the region of €1.60/kg. But...
Rural Life
The ISPCA is encouraging members of the public to continue reporting any animal welfare concerns that they may have. This...
N.Ireland
Belfast-based livestock monitoring technology company CattleEye has closed a $2.5 million (€2.1 million) seed investment round. The money has come...
Dairy
Teagasc and University College Cork (UCC) have partnered to host the eighth International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare...