Rural Life
Edco brings new audience to students' farm innovation
An award-winning farm innovation devised by three Leitrim students will feature in a new junior cycle textbook ‘Time for Business’...
Rural Life
An award-winning farm innovation devised by three Leitrim students will feature in a new junior cycle textbook ‘Time for Business’...
Rural Life
Members of Leitrim and Sligo Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) formed two separate protests today (Monday, March 4) prior to meeting...
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Met Éireann has issued new Status Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice, which will come into force from tomorrow...
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The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has highlighted “serious farmer concerns” over the proposed route of the Sligo, Leitrim, Northern Counties,...
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The farming community in Co. Leitrim is mourning the death of local man John Harkness, in what is believed to...
Rural Life
Social Farming Ireland is seeing continued growth in demand for and commissioning of social farming, according to Helen Doherty, national...
Agri Politics
The prevalence of forestry in Co. Leitrim and accusations that the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has “gone soft” when it...
Agri Politics
Kevin Comiskey, the current Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Sheep Committee chair, is considering running in next year’s local elections....
Rural Life
20 farms from across Co. Leitrim are currently adopting an ‘open door’ policy, with the farmers telling the story of...
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‘Agroecology not agribusiness’ is the cry of an organisation of farmers, growers, and land-based workers set to meet in the...
Rural Life
Cloone Agricultural Show in Co. Leitrim, taking place on the upcoming bank holiday (August 7), will offer competition prizes of...
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Leitrim farmer Noel McKeon has launched Ireland’s first “all in one” agriculture auction website which he has called ‘Bidsell’. McKeon has...
Agri Politics
There is “chronic under investment” in rural transport according to latest statistics contained in the new Census of Population 2022...
Agri-Business
Three students from Drumshanbo Vocational School won the junior category of the 21st Student Enterprise Programme National Finals in Croke...
Rural Life
A TD has said that payments to landowners affected by the Shass Mountain landslide in Co. Leitrim are set to...
Rural Life
What has been hailed as a “brilliant” aid that will help lift the lid on farm safety, the ‘Grasper’ has...
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A man in his 80’s has died following a fatal road traffic collision involving a car and tractor in Co....
Agri-Business
Farmers in Co. Leitrim, whose land was buried under peat silt and sludge following a devastating landslide more than two...