Rural Life
10,000 vaccine doses for EHV arrive in Ireland
10,000 vaccine doses for equine herpesvirus (EHV) have arrived in Ireland, following an outbreak of the disease on the continent....
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10,000 vaccine doses for equine herpesvirus (EHV) have arrived in Ireland, following an outbreak of the disease on the continent....
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The equine sector is being asked to “double down” on biosecurity measures following an outbreak of disease in horses on...
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Limerick Animal Welfare has launched an online “hay appeal” to help it feed 60 “starving horses” that were found in...
Rural Life
Members of An Garda Síochána who were responding to reports of horses loose on a road in Co. Tipperary seized...
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The Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, assisted by officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and...
N.Ireland
Ploughing with horses is an art which takes time and practice, champion ploughman Victor Scott from Limavady, Co. Derry explains....
Rural Life
A farmer in Co. Louth has decided to ditch modern machinery in favour of ploughing, cultivating and harvesting with horses....
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A farmer who owns possibly the largest herd of Dexter cattle in the world, with over 650 head, is set...
Rural Life
Farm smells, an animal rescue centre and a 100-year-old cow house converted into an artists studio will all feature on...
Agri-Business
If you have a horse for breeding or production, they may now only be identified by an approved Passport Issuing Organisation...
Rural Life
Almost 4,500 horses were seized by Gardai in 2014 and the Minister for Agriculture has allocated increased funding for 2015....
Rural Life
Farmers in the UK have been given more powers to deal with a practice known as ‘flygrazing’ or the abandonment horses...
Agri-Business
Horse owners have been advised by the Department of Agriculture to register their equine stock. Following advice received by the...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture seized 5,000 horses in the last 12 months, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney...