Rural Life
Call for greater safeguards for landowners after alleged assault
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on the government to ensure greater safeguards for landowners in the wake of...
Wicklow
Sheep
Council to act on dog control laws after meeting with sheep group
Co. Wicklow’s urban-based county councillors’ eyes were opened last week after they met with the Wicklow Cheviot Sheep Owners’ Association...
Sheep
Harris asks McConalogue for details on sheep sector challenges
Acting Minister for Justice Simon Harris has asked Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue for details on...
Environment
2 men convicted for scrambler bike use in Wicklow SAC
The illegal use of scrambler bikes within the Wicklow Mountains Special Area of Conservation (SAC) has resulted in convictions and...
Forestry
Protest to take place at Coillte HQ
A protest is planned outside Coillte headquarters in Co. Wicklow later this week, over plans by the company for a...
Rural Life
DAFM to co-sponsor International Sheepdog Trials
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will part sponsor the 2023 International Sheepdog Trials. The trials will take...
Rural Life
Wicklow prepares to host 2023 International Sheepdog Trials
Preparations are well underway in Co. Wicklow ahead of the International Sheepdog Trials later this year. Thousands of visitors are...
Horticulture
Festina Lente gets grant for horticulture study
Festina Lente, a Bray, Co. Wicklow equestrian-based charity was recently awarded €10,000 for a feasibility study into the development of...
Beef
Farmer frustration over TB outbreaks heard at Wicklow meeting
The level of bovine tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks on farms in the west Wicklow and surrounding regions was the key topic...
Rural Life
Fire crews tackle forest fire in Wicklow
Fire crews in Co. Wicklow are currently battling a forest fire at Crone Woods in Enniskerry, a section of woodland...
Sheep News
Wicklow group visits EasyCare sheep operation in Co. Antrim
Members of the East Wicklow EasyCare (EWE) sheep group recently visited the Co. Antrim flock of Campbell Tweed. His Ballygally...
Forestry
President opens 'Beyond the Trees Avondale'
President Michael D. Higgins officially opened ‘Beyond the Trees Avondale’, a €19 million visitor experience developed in partnership between Coillte,...
Rural Life
August bank holiday date set for Tinahely Agricultural Show
Following a two-year gap as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tinahely Agricultural Show returns on August Bank Holiday...
Agri-Business
Teagasc regional review: The farming landscape in southern counties
Teagasc published reviews for each of its 12 advisory regions last week, giving an overview of the farming activity in...
Property
'Compact farm' in Wicklow to go under the hammer
A compact residential farm in west Wicklow is expected to fetch €10,000-€12,000/ac when it is auctioned next month, according to...
Rural Life
Criminal damage suspected after Wicklow barn fire
Gardaí are investigating a suspected case of criminal damage after a fire occurred on a farm in Co. Wicklow, it...
Beef
Beef Focus: Leasing 500ac and agri-contracting in Wicklow
Farming at the foothills of the Sugarloaf Mountain in Co. Wicklow is Eoin O’Toole, a beef and tillage farmer who...
Beef
Beef Focus: Producing Wagyu beef from dairy and suckler dams
John Hourigan is a beef farmer from Donard in Co. Wicklow, who has been in the business of producing Wagyu...