Rural Life
Cattle sheds and silage pit could replace former Laois mink farm
The owners of a former mink farm in Co. Laois have applied for planning permission for it to be demolished...
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Environment
Mink cull 'necessary' to protect ground-nesting birds - Cahill
The chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Fianna Fáil TD, Jackie Cahill has...
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Environment
No plans for a nationwide cull of mink - Noonan
Minister of State for heritage and electoral reform, Malcolm Noonan, has said that the government has no current plans to...
Agri-Business
DAFM: Assessor examining fur farming compensation claims
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that an independent assessor is currently examining compensation claims...
Rural Life
Cahill: 'Absolutely essential' that mink are eradicated
Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill has said that “it is absolutely essential” that mink are eradicated in Ireland, as they...
Agri-Business
Assessor examining compensation claims from fur farms
An assessor is currently examining compensation claims made by fur farms following their closure last year due to a government-imposed...
Agri-Business
DAFM still finalising order for fur farming ban
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that it expects an order required to implement a...
Rural Life
Fur farming to end in Ireland as ban passes final stage
Fur farming will be banned in Ireland as a bill has passed its final stage in the Seanad yesterday (Tuesday,...
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Rural Life
PETA on mink cull: 'The end of fur farming in Ireland has arrived not a day too soon'
Following news of the recommendation made to cull mink on Irish farms amid concerns around a mutated coronavirus strain discovered...
Rural Life
Wild mink should be included in nationwide cull - Fitzmaurice
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has called for wild mink to be included in a nationwide cull of the species on...
Environment
World Organisation for Animal Health urges risk management amid mink Covid-19 concern
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is urging countries to implement risk management measures following recent findings showing a...