Agri Politics
'Farmers shouldn't be forced to swap sucklers for Sitka Spruce'
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has been criticised by independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice regarding recent comments...
Agri Politics
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has been criticised by independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice regarding recent comments...
Agri Politics
Concerns regarding the media response to the performance of the Green Party in the local and European elections have been...
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s budget for temporary veterinary inspectors (TVIs) has been increased by €2.8 million...
Rural Life
An independent ‘committee of scrutiny’ should be established to ‘hold the Government’s feet to the fire’ on the National Broadband...
Agri-Business
A Roscommon-Galway TD has called for clarity on the finer details of the young farmer loan scheme in relation to...
Rural Life
A meeting scheduled for Easter Monday, April 22, will discuss the “severe pressure” farmers are under, as well as the...
Beef
Some 1,400t of Irish beef worth €2.8 million was exported to China in 2018, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri-Business
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has said that an increase to the current carbon tax will “cripple ordinary people”. The Roscommon-Galway TD...
Rural Life
Comments from the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar regarding the use of eir poles in the roll-out of rural broadband “display stark...
Rural Life
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has criticised “drastic proposals” from the Oireachtas’ climate committee, saying that the main parties “appear fully...
Environment
Michael Fitzmaurice, independent TD for Galway-Roscommon, has said he believes “it would be unwise” of the Government to “go after...
Beef
The different regulations and procedures between feedlot and non-feedlot herds when it comes to an outbreak of bovine TB has...
Agri Politics
A total of 164 written submissions have been received by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation...
Beef
Meat plants are required to perform a daily system check every morning to ensure that mechanical carcass grading machines are...
Beef
Almost 5,500 cows of UK origin were slaughtered in Irish meat factories in 2018, according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
Environment
TDs have expressed their disappointment after a false allegation was made of illegal peat cutting by the CEO of the...
Agri Politics
The “renewed focus” by environmental groups in Ireland and further afield to criticise Irish agriculture has been slammed by independent...
Agri Politics
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice is calling for farmer access to carcass photographs – before and after trimming – in a...