Agri-Business
DAFM officials to be questioned by PAC over horse abattoir
Officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) are to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)...
Equine
N.Ireland
MP raises concerns over clash of farrier organisations
Farrier organisation, The Worshipful Company of Farriers (WCF) has reapplied to the Farriers Registration Council (FRC) for approval of farriery...
Rural Life
Code of practice for responsible use of antimicrobials in horses
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has launched the code of good practice regarding the responsible use...
Rural Life
DAFM: Equine census to take place this week
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that Ireland’s third annual equine census will take...
Rural Life
New online portal to allow for quick equine tracing
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has announced a new online portal that allows members of the...
Agri-Business
Judge rules that horse feed case should be heard in Ireland
A legal case over an alleged contamination ingredient for horse feed will not be heard by courts in England, the...
Agri-Business
Arrests in Spain after €1.5m generated in illegal horsemeat sale
Over half a tonne of horsemeat has been seized during raids in Spain with 41 people arrested for selling potentially...
Other
Equine keepers urged to fully complete census 2022
Any person keeping equine including horses, ponies and donkeys has been urged to fully complete the census 2022 as forms...
Agri-Business
New Kildare battery power plant gets go ahead
By Gordon Deegan A Co. Kildare stud farm owned by US billionaire John Malone has failed to prevent contentious plans...
Agri-Business
TAMS to be extended to include horse sector
Equine farmers will be included in the next Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS), the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri-Business
Agriculture minister lauds merits of breeding grants for horse shows
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has hailed the awarding of over half a million euro in...
Environment
Equine and biodiversity photo competition launched
A photo competition aimed at highlighting some of the many examples of biodiversity evident on equine farms around the country has been...
Rural Life
It's 'quackers' - meet Jemima the doting duck
Meet Jemima, the doting duck who lives on a Wicklow farm. During these dark days, Jemima has been bringing a...
Property
Equestrian dream: Fully finished equine centre on 50ac up for grabs
Farrell Auctioneers, Valuers & Estate Agents Ltd has on the market a 50ac equine centre – with a host of...
Property
'Rare' residential property for sale with equine facilities and an American-style barn
A beautiful bungalow featuring just over 5ac of land surrounding it is currently up for sale at Anbally, Corofin, Co. Galway....