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A West Cork bio-gas plant has been fined €15,000 after pleading guilty to breaching its industrial emissions licence. The EPA raised concerns over untested digestate and impurities exceeding limits.
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An elderly farmer who endured 14 days without power and heat in the aftermath Storm Éowyn was taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia on Wednesday night.
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Tributes are being paid to a popular Leitrim man in his 60s who died in a farm accident.
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A will from 1927—but the land was never properly transferred. A High Court ruling has now settled a century-old land dispute in County Galway, shedding light on historic legal principles and the importance of completing estate administration.
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Martin was jailed for shooting a teenage burglar in 1999, a case that divided opinion on the rights of homeowners to defend their property. His story remains relevant today, as farm security and rural crime dominate headlines in Ireland and the UK.
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Farmer Richard Moeran takes aim at flawed forestry incentives, poor broadband planning & short-sighted government decisions. Can new leadership finally get it right?
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Darragh McCullough discusses the costly realities of Low Emission Slurry Spreading: 🔸 High-tech kits need perfect slurry consistency 🔸 Silage contamination fears 🔸 Rising expenses for farmers
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Fully equipped 137ac Wexford dairy farm guided at €15,000/ac
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Westmeath farmer TJ Gormley is facing a massive clean-up after 25 beech trees came crashing down on his farm during Storm Éowyn. Like thousands of others in rural Ireland, he’s still without power—relying on a generator to keep the lights on.
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Starting gun fired on latest convergence battle as Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher opposes further cuts to higher entitlements
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Is this the new normal for cattle prices, or are we heading for a crash?
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5 breed societies have pulled ICBF indices from sale catalogues, calling them “inaccurate” & “not fit for purpose”. ICBF response: “The decision should rest with the bull buyer.”
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Retired vet Prof Simon More says Ireland’s bTB programme is failing due to weak leadership & political pressure.
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Govt docs show an asset test was considered for farm tax relief to stop wealthy investors. The plan was shelved, but farm groups warn reform is still needed. What happens next?
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Traditionally, January & February are slow months for beef sales, but not this year. Processors are scheduling full kills and competing for stock, especially cows.
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Malone Farm machinery began in 1999 on the founder’s mother’s land but kept expanding and now employs 60 people in the Mayo village, exporting a premium range of products all over the world
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America's cattle supplies dropped to the lowest since 1951 as dry pastures and strong beef demand prevented the herd from expanding for the fifth straight year.
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Veteran vet Eamon O'Connell dives into the critical first hours of a calf’s life and why discipline matters, even at 3AM when the bed is calling.
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This fully operational dairy farm at Highstreet & Clonlyon Glebe, Belmont, producing over 1.2 million litres of milk annually, is up for auction after being withdrawn last year.
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