Agri-Business
DAFM: No approval sought yet for new horse slaughter plant
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) said that it has not yet received any applications to date...
RTE Investigates
Agri-Business
DAFM to meet EU officials on horse traceability concerns
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) will meet with European Commission officials next week to discuss the...
Agri-Business
Wicklow Calf Company reaffirms commitment to calf welfare
Wicklow Calf Company has issued a statement following the RTÉ Investigates programme, which aired on Monday (July 10). The programme showed incidents of...
Agri-Business
'No stone will be left unturned' in DAFM calf investigation - Hackett
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett has said that “no stone...
Dairy News
Cork Marts outlines course of action following RTÉ footage
A statement from Cork Co-operative Marts Limited has outlined that “a full review of calf handling operations” will take place...
Agri-Business
Macra calls on government to incentivise sexed semen use in dairy
Macra has strongly condemned the “shocking practices” involving dairy bull calves shown during an RTÉ Investigates programme last night (Monday,...
Agri-Business
ICOS to support DAFM investigation into calf mistreatment at marts
The Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has said that it will “fully support” an investigation by the Department of Agriculture,...
Agri-Business
Mart staff who abused calves should be sacked - Kerrane
Mart workers shown mistreating calves during an RTÉ Investigates programme last night (Monday, July 10) must be identified and sacked,...
Agri-Business
Random inspections at marts needed after RTÉ calf footage - MEP
An Ireland South MEP has called for random inspections to be carried out at marts in the wake of footage...
Agri-Business
Call for 'swift' investigation into RTÉ footage of mistreated calves
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that an investigation by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)...
