Rural Life
€10m to regenerate rural Ireland only a 'drop in the ocean'
The announcement that the Government is to allocate €10m to regenerate rural Ireland may be welcome but Independent TD Michael...
Rural Life
The announcement that the Government is to allocate €10m to regenerate rural Ireland may be welcome but Independent TD Michael...
Agri Politics
Farmers, more than any other socio-economic group, are most worried about the impact of world trade deals such as the Transatlantic...
Beef
Farm organisations could and should be much more ‘stronger’ in terms of their language when it comes to Mercosur, Sinn Fein...
Dairy
The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, is dealing with the ongoing dairy crisis on an ad hoc basis, according...
Beef
Matt Carthy, the Sinn Féin MEP, has reiterated his calls for the suspension of negotiation on the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement....
Environment
A steering group that was to oversee a national programme for flood risk assessment did not meet during a four-year period, a new...
Pig/Poultry
The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, has been called on to take immediate and urgent action to ensure the pig...
Beef
The latest developments, that farmers will be cut 20c/kg for cattle marginally overweight and overage will be a huge blow...
Agri Politics
While the announced simplification of the CAP measures is a step in the right direction – they are still inadequate,...
Beef
Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy is to write to the European Competition Commissioner asking that they investigate the ABP Slaney...
Agri Politics
The Commission’s €500m aid package revealed last week is a step in the right direction but it might be not...