Agri Politics
Punch to run as Independent Ireland candidate in general election
Independent Ireland has confirmed that Eddie Punch will represent the party as a candidate for the Clare constituency in the...
Michael Collins
Agri-Business
RSA confirms participation in 'enforcement operation' in Cherbourg
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has confirmed to Agriland that it took part in a recent enforcement operation in Cherbourg,...
Agri-Business
Irish livestock hauliers feel targeted for extra inspections - Collins
The leader of Independent Ireland, Michael Collins, has said that Irish livestock hauliers feel they are being “targeted” for additional...
Beef
Renewed calls from TDs for aid for farmers with fodder shortage
Rural TDs have issued calls for the government to step in and offer supports to farmers with a shortage of...
News
ICMSA hopes for 'change of direction' with new Taoiseach
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that it hopes that a change of Taoiseach may result in...
Agri Politics
Nature Restoration Law: 'An example of how not to do policy'
The president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) Sean McNamara has said that he is “very disappointed”...
Rural Life
Road Traffic Bill 2024 will 'disimprove' safety for large cost - Collins
Independent TD for Cork South-West and Leader of the Independent Ireland Party Michael Collins has said that the Road Traffic...
Agri Politics
Fitzmaurice to join Collins and O'Donoghue in new political party
Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice has said that he will join the new political party established by fellow independent TDs Michael...
Agri Politics
Farmers want representation in the Dáil that 'respects their work' - new political party
The founders of new political party, Independent Ireland, said farmers are currently “frustrated and annoyed” and want representation in the...
Beef News
Call for 'independent review' of ICBF beef index changes
A member of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is calling on the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation...
Agri Politics
TD: Compensation issue for derogation farmers 'politically toxic'
A TD has claimed in the Dáil that he is stunned that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
Beef
Beef to China is 'money farmers cannot afford to lose' - TD
The money from Irish beef exports to China is “money that the Irish farmers and Irish beef sector cannot afford...
Agri Politics
Rural Independents: Farmers left in crisis from Budget 2024
The Rural Independents have said that farmers have been “left in crisis” following the budget announcement today (Tuesday, October 10)....
Agri-Business
EPA must give up 'preachy tweets' - TD
An Independent TD is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to “start listening” to farmers and give up sending...
Buildings
Government urged to abandon plan for concrete levy
A rural TD has called on the government to abandon plans for a concrete levy claiming that it would have...
Rural Life
Letters to Ceann Comhairle over 'organic farmer' Dáil row
Letters are being sent to the Ceann Comhairle and an Oireachtas committee following a row in the Dáil centering on...
Agri Politics
Green agenda 'suffocating' rural Ireland - Collins
Rural communities are “under attack” from all sides and are an “afterthought” for mainstream political parties. That is according to...
Environment
'Extremist' biodiversity report would 'decimate Irish farmers'
The Rural Independent Group of TDs has hit out at the recent publication of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss’...