N.Ireland
The number of sheep that entered the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland in 2024 totaled just over 365,500 head
Sheep
Figures of the number of sheep that have been imported to the Republic of Ireland (ROI) have been...
The number of sheep imported in 2023 rose marginally year-on-year, recently released figures the DAFM have shown.
Over 85,000 sheep from Northern Ireland (NI) have been slaughtered in approved Republic of Ireland (ROI) export premises to-date in 2024.
A total of 4.9% of live sheep exports from the Republic of Ireland in 2023 have gone to Northern Ireland (NI) and the United Kingdom (UK).
Questions over the current state of the sheep trade were the focus of a joint Oireachtas committee...
Figures from the department showing that 370,000 sheep were imported into Ireland in 2021 "do not tell the full story", the ICSA has said.
Sheep News
Volumes of sheepmeat imports from New Zealand to in Ireland in 2021 witnessed an increase, according to Bord Bia.
"Imports of lambs are causing huge disruption for farmers who can’t get quotes for such animals while truckloads arrive from the UK."
Processors "must be required to verify" that they are not importing live lambs from the UK if they wish to access APS supports, the ICSA says.
Just over 100,000 Northern Irish sheep have been slaughtered in southern plants so far this year, the latest figures from the Livestock and Meat Commission show.
Just over 14,000 Northern Irish spring lambs have been slaughtered by sheep processors south of the border over the past two weeks.
The number of hoggets crossing the border for slaughter in Ireland has jumped by 34% in February of this year.
