News
A farmer told a neighbouring farmer “I will get you” after accusing him of stealing his missing dog, a court has heard.
A 64-year-old west Clare farmer was today before Ennis District Court concerning the alleged criminal damage of ten round bales.
Rural Life
Authorities have seized land and frozen bank accounts as part of a probe into possible fraud involving EU agricultural subsidies in France.
N.Ireland
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been sentenced today (Friday, October 2, 2026) at Newry Crown...
A farmer from Co. Antrim has been convicted at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court for a water pollution...
Dairy
A farmer "at breaking point" sold his herd with an estimated value of between €500,000 and €600,000 without telling his estranged wife.
Court
Two individuals and a company have been convicted of fraud in a French court after EU subsidies were claimed for a fictitious cattle farm.
A Wagyu beef farmer wept in court as he told a judge that he did not have his vehicle taxed as “I am old style, I am not able to go online”.
The Police Service Northern Ireland has arrested a man aged in his 50s on suspicion of theft of diesel and fraud "by false representation".
A 59-year-old Galway farmer has walked free from court after receiving a fully suspended prison term for sexually assaulting a teenager
Agri-Business
23 new cases were referred to the Department of Agriculture (DAFM) Investigations Division in 2025, compared to 26 in the previous year.
High Court
A High Court judge has indicated that a farmer is entitled to recover his legal costs from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Dairymaster has been fined and convicted by a judge after pleading guilty to breaches of safety, health and welfare at work legislation.
EPPO in Latvia has filed court case against a farmer suspected of fraudulently obtaining EU subsidy funding to buy robotic milking equipment.
A man and business have been sentenced in a Northern Ireland court following a fatal workplace telehandler accident.
The driver of a tractor which was involved in a collision in Co. Longford two years ago has been...
A judge has banned a Northern Ireland farmer from keeping animals after a welfare investigation led to 19 calves being euthanised.
An individual with ties to Corsican organised crime has been convicted of aggravated subsidy fraud involving payments under the EU's CAP.
A judge has stated that the failure of Asba Meats to pay over €300,000 to a group of farmers has caused "untold damage".
A Mayo farmer was issued with two cheques totalling €13,455 which later bounced after selling 65 sheep to a Roscommon farmer.
A US national charged with the murder of Kerry farmer Michael Gaine has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.
A Northern Ireland based meat supplier has been fined £2,000 in court for breaches of the food hygiene legislation.
A former cocaine user has failed in a bid to overturn a garda decision to revoke his firearms licences for guns used to control vermin on farms.
