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Varadkar: Ireland must keep North in single market after Brexit

May 22, 2017

Leo Varadkar, the frontrunner in the Fine Gael leadership race, has said he wants Northern Ireland to remain part of the European common…

EU must pull ‘handbrake’ on plunging milk price

February 9, 2016

Agri-Business

The new chair of ICMSA Dairy Committee has called for a stabilizing mechanism to be introduced for the post-quota EU milk market or…

Coveney wants immediate clarification on how EU proposals will help Irish farmers

September 8, 2015

Agri Politics

The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, has called for immediate clarification on how a €500 million aid package for European farmers will be…

Coveney expected to ‘crack the whip’ at next Beef Roundtable meeting

July 14, 2015

Beef

The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney may well push to have a number of key recommendations agreed at the next meeting of the…

O Cuiv calls on EU to introduce fair price protection for farmers

July 9, 2015

Agri-Business

The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney dropped the ball in failing to secure a fair price deal for farmers as part of the…

Macra calls on Coveney to provide more support for young farmers

July 4, 2015

Agri-Business

Macra na Feirme wants Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to introduce the proposed collaborative farming scheme immediately, according to the organisation’s Western Vice President…

Fianna Fail to launch new agriculture policy document

June 22, 2015

Agri-Business

Fianna Fail will launch its new farming policy document at this year’s Ploughing Championships, according to the party’s Agriculture Spokesman Eamon O Cuiv.…

Feed industry furious at BSE slur

June 12, 2015

Agri-Business

Irish feed compounders are deeply upset at Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney’s inference that contaminated feed may be implemented in the current BSE scare,…

Coveney admits that BSE case will almost certainly be confirmed next week

June 12, 2015

Agri-Business

The suspected case of BSE in a Rotbunt dairy cow will, almost certainly, be declared positive next week, according to Minister for Agriculture…

ICSA to meet ICBF and Department on beef genomics scheme

June 8, 2015

Beef

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA) will meet representatives from ICBF and the Department of Agriculture to discuss the out workings…

Record numbers of exhibitors looking for UCD ag graduates

February 25, 2015

Agri-Business

There was a record number of exhibitors at the annual UCD Agriculture, Food Science & Human Nutrition Careers Day, Rebecca O’Sullivan, Chairperson of the Agricultural Science…

Coveney must act now to support dairy sector

January 4, 2015

Opinion

Lakeland Dairies’ CEO Michael Hanley is, quite rightly, calling for dairy intervention prices to be increased with immediate effect. But, in all truth,…

Coveney sets out his stall for the remainder of his term

December 22, 2014

Agri-Business

The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney set out his stall for the rest of his term in recent days. He said the remit…

Rural Development Plan may not be approved till March – Coveney

December 18, 2014

Agri Politics

Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP) may not be approved until March according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney. On his feet in…

Coveney called on to open GLAS early, ahead of European agreement

December 17, 2014

Environment

Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney is being called on to open the new Green Low Carbon Agrienvironmental Scheme (GLAS) ahead of formal agreement…

Coveney has no intention to ban factory ownership of feedlots

December 1, 2014

Beef

The Minister Agriculture Simon Coveney has said he does not intend to prohibit the ownership of feed lots by processors. When asked in…

Coveney launches new social farming handbook

November 29, 2014

Agri-Business

A new handbook on social farming launched by Ministers Simon Coveney and Ann Phelan, aims to improve health and support farm diversification. The Social Farming…

Coveney is misleading the public on environmental impact of dairy expansion – An Taisce

November 28, 2014

Dairy

Environmental claims made by Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney in regard to dairy expansion have been slammed as “inaccurate and misleading” by An Taisce.…

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