Environment
World Organisation for Animal Health urges risk management amid mink Covid-19 concern
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is urging countries to implement risk management measures following recent findings showing a...
Environment
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is urging countries to implement risk management measures following recent findings showing a...
Agri Politics
As citizens of Ireland, in line with public health advice issued by NPHET [National Public Health Emergency Team], and adopted...
Rural Life
The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) has reached €4 billion in value of total payouts, including payments that will be made...
Agri-Business
The European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) is currently conducting a study on the impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic...
Rural Life
A successful community rapid testing programme for Covid-19 has been completed by the village of Lecarrow in Roscommon. The village...
Agri-Business
A new report has found that agri-businesses in the machinery, spare parts and retail sector have felt the impact from...
Rural Life
Police in Scotland were called to the scene of an illegal rave in Newton Mears last Saturday (October 31) where...
Opinion
The latest restrictions under level five where a person cannot go into the ringside to bid on an animal is...
N.Ireland
Temporary measures to stop herds overdue their TB test because of Covid-19 disruption from being closed up are set to...
Rural Life
Those who drew up the recommendations for the latest mart restrictions have no understanding of how marts operate, according to...
Rural Life
The conditions outlined by the government for livestock marts as a result of the Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions have “proven to...
Rural Life
The Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) has issued guidance to its registrants amid Covid-19 level 5 restrictions. Under the latest...
Rural Life
Sinn Féin’s Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire says that there are “major questions outstanding” after the ViraPro “fiasco”. The Department of Agriculture,...
Rural Life
“Today was one of the toughest days I’ve put down since I became manager,” Dan McCarthy told the public in...
Rural Life
As the country adjusts to lockdown for a second time under Level 5 of the Plan for Living with Covid-19,...
Beef
The Social Democrats has called for a targeted sick pay scheme for staff in the meat industry and nursing homes...
Agri-Business
A number of co-op stores and branches around the country are continuing to operate under strict Covid-19 protocols as Level...
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has welcomed what it says is the Department of Agriculture’s understanding of farmers’ concerns in...