Bernie Commins spoke to the Pelé of Ploughing, Carlow tillage and grassland farmer, Eamonn Tracey,...
‘I am a price setter now’
The Scully family run an organic farm and gluten-free milling company in Co. Laois, with an online...
The dangers posed to food safety
Recently, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) welcomed global food regulators to Dublin for...
Run, Don’t Walk
Dairy farming in Ireland has never been under such public scrutiny. While farmers across the country...
Driving Collaborative AG-TECH
Matt O’Keeffe talks to Catherine Lascurettes, Chief Operating Officer for the newly fledged AgTech...
‘Some of what was shown suggest illegality, we are investigating that’
Editor of Irish Farmers Monthly, Matt O’Keeffe discussed a wide variety of issues with Martin Blake,...
Sustaining momentum
The Agricultural Science Association (ASA) hosts its annual conference next month. The event always...
Cow reduction scheme: 'Any action would be voluntary'
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, spoke to Bernie...
‘Talk of leadership change is very premature at this stage’
Irish Farmers Monthly editor, Matt O’Keeffe recently had the opportunity to sit down with Minister...
Tirlán prospers
Irish Farmers Monthly editor, Matt O’Keeffe spoke to CEO of Tirlán, Jim Bergin, as the food and nutrition...
Renewed confidence
PJ McCarthy, CEO and founding member of Renewable Gas Forum Ireland (RGFI), talks about the potential...
Here comes the sun
According to Pat Smith, MD of Local Power Ireland, Solar PV will be on every farm in the country within...
Catching a glimpse
A look at how Ireland’s membership of the European Economic Community (EEC), as it was known 50 years...
‘We were completely tied by the apron strings to the UK economy’
Former agriculture minister, Mary Coughlan, was just a child when Ireland officially became members...
Ireland joining the EU: ‘What was the alternative?’
John Bruton recalls a time before membership of the European Economic Community (EEC) when Ireland...
‘Fifty years later, that Common Market is unrecognisable’
Michael Berkery’s views on the impact of Ireland’s decision to join the European Economic Community...
The EU is still the answer, but the questions are changing
The effectiveness of the European Union (EU) as a trade and arbitration body can probably BE BEST...
Macra and the EU – ‘Aspirations became reality’
Former CEO of Macra, Peadar Murphy and former president of the Irish Farmers’ Association and Macra,...
‘Farmers and their leaders were enthusiastic about joining’
Agricultural economist, public-policy advisor, and the Government’s special envoy on food systems,...
Five decades of joined-up thinking
January 2023 marks the official 50th anniversary of Ireland’s membership of the European Union (EU),...
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