Agri Politics
Farmers feel 'battered and bruised' - Connacht IFA chair
The newly elected Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Connacht regional chair, Brendan Golden from Killala, Co. Mayo has said that all...
Connacht
Agri Politics
IFA Election 2023: Counting of votes underway for regional chairs
Counting of votes for the election of three Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) regional chair positions is about to begin at...
Agri Politics
Who are the 2 candidates for IFA Connacht regional chair?
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is in election mode at the moment, and while the focus is on the contests...
Rural Life
Met Éireann issues fresh warning for heavy rain
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow weather warning ahead of the arrival of more heavy rain in Munster and...
Agri-Business
Lobby campaign to prevent fodder shortage in Connacht region
An official lobby campaign has recently been launched to prevent fodder shortages and to demand further government support, according to...
Rural Life
Reminder: Record Connacht tractor run attempt to take place this weekend
Plans are in motion to break the Connacht record for the number of participants in a tractor run in Corofin,...
Other
€27,000 difference in farm incomes between west and the rest of the country
Farm incomes in counties in the west are over €27,000 lower than those in counties in Munster and Leinster, figures from...
Agri-Business
New Connacht IFA Chairman to be elected next week
The Sligo IFA County Executive is to meet on Monday next, July 4, in order to vote for the next...
Agri-Business
Connacht IFA Chairman count postponed to later date
The count for the Connacht IFA Chairman position has been postponed, following the death of Sligo IFA’s County Secretary Marie...
Agri-Business
Connacht IFA election debates get underway tonight
After several months of wrangling, Connacht IFA is set to have a representative at National Council as voting gets underway...
Agri-Business
Connacht IFA to elect representative next week
Connacht IFA will elect a representative for the region by Friday, June 24, after several months of controversy in the province....
Agri-Business
Yara Ireland expands its commercial team in Connacht and North Leinster
Yara Ireland has appointed Stephen Mullin to its commercial team to cover Connacht and North Leinster in order to build its...
Agri-Business
Two speed land market emerging as prices slump in Connacht and Ulster
A new land market report has highlighted a growing divergence in Ireland’s Agricultural land market with prices growing in the...
Agri-Business
Two candidates announced to contest Connacht IFA election
Sligo’s Eddie Davitt and Mayo’s Padraic Joyce have been nominated to run for the position of IFA Connacht Chairman, following a...
Agri-Business
Connacht IFA County Chairmen to vote for regional chairman today
County Chairmen from the five Connacht counties, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim, will today be voting for a Connacht...
Agri-Business
The nominations for IFA Treasurer are in (and there is an interesting nominee)
The deadline for nominations for the position of IFA Treasurer was 11am this morning and the IFA has confirmed that...
Agri-Business
No solution in sight to resolve the ongoing row over Connacht IFA Chairman
Two months on from the deadline for nominations for Connacht IFA Chairman, the region remains in deadlock with no candidate...
Agri-Business
Connacht IFA to 'sort out its own house' or face not having a representative
Connacht IFA county representatives were told at this week’s Executive Council that it is up to them to sort out...