The Farming Week podcast: Salmonella confirmed in 8 poultry flocks, Burning bushes, Women’s Dialogue, and remembering former IFA president Padraig Walshe

February 3, 2023 12:17 pm

Catch up on the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture with Megan O’Brien and Aisling O’Brien, including:

Salmonella has been confirmed in eight broiler flocks around Ireland;

Burning Bushes – the exemption for the controlled burning of green waste generated in agricultural clearing has been extended;

Women’s Dialogue – the National Dialogue on Women in Ag took place in Portlaoise this week;

Sheep farmers risked their lives in the snow – Kerry TD, Michael Healy Rae claims the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine may have put the lives of some sheep farmers at risk;

Death of Padraig Walshe – remembering the former Irish Farnmers’ Association president who passed away this week.

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