Agri-Business
€500,000 in support for Leitrim landslide farmers
Farmers in Co. Leitrim, whose land was buried under peat silt and sludge following a devastating landslide more than two...
Agri-Business
Farmers in Co. Leitrim, whose land was buried under peat silt and sludge following a devastating landslide more than two...
Buildings
A farm building in Drumkeerin, Co. Leitrim, dating back to the 1890s, has been repaired to great effect under the...
Rural Life
Work is nearing completion on the conservation of an historic wall which formed a boundary of the former Lough Rinn...
Beef
Dairy farming in Ireland has changed significantly over the past number of years and since the abolition of milk quotas...
Rural Life
An organic farmer from outside Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, is harnessing the qualities of sulphur water which springs from beneath his...
Beef
Farming outside Drumkeerin, Co. Leitrim, Ciaran Clancy is a part-time suckler farmer and the current chairperson of Leitrim Macra na...
Rural Life
A farming couple has just opened ‘Honestly’ a drive-through with a difference in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. Liam and Justina Gavin...
Rural Life
A Leitrim-based woman who supplies supermarkets and restaurants around the country with quail eggs, has now moved into the production...
Rural Life
A volunteer group in Co. Leitrim has found a novel use for sheep wool – using it in the construction...
Rural Life
A unique agri-tourism business promoting organic food, sustainable farming and processing is set to invest €7m and create upwards of...
Rural Life
Investigations are ongoing into an incident of theft from a farm premises in Co. Leitrim over the weekend. The incident...
Rural Life
A number of Leitrim farmers are leading the charge on a project to restore a well-known local beauty spot in...
Agri-Business
Rural depopulation is becoming a central problem in Co. Leitrim – and has not been helped by housing regulations, according...
Rural Life
An Garda Síochána has begun investigations into an incident earlier this week where a digger was set on fire in...
Rural Life
Members of An Garda Síochána have arrested a man for questioning after counterfeit bull bars worth an estimated €50,000 were...
Sheep
A video has been produced in which farmers are being urged to “know when their lambs are ready” at optimal...
Rural Life
Exceedances for the pesticide glyphosate have been detected in the public drinking water supplies in four different areas of Co....
Agri Politics
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has been called on by independent TD Marian Harkin to provide government aid to remedy damage to...