A notable rural achievement
As outgoing Fine Gael leader and taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, slips into the back benches, there is one...
Lining up for the Euros
Voting choices for the farming community in the June European Union parliamentary elections continue...
Multi-city US trade mission
The US is one of our largest agri-food trading partners, worth €1.6bn in exports in 2023. Senator...
Banking on becoming carbon neutral
Allied Irish Bank (AIB) announced last year that it had created a €10bn climate-action fund.
The right to protest
Tractor demonstrations are a common feature of farmer protest, as we have seen across Ireland and...
BoI Agriculture Insights launched last month
According to Eoin Lowry, head of agriculture at Bank of Ireland, 2024 looks set to see improved profit...
AIB Agri Matters Winter Edition has landed
In the current issue of AIB’s Agri-Matters, Donal Whelton, head of agriculture food and fisheries...
Environmental Innovators
Congratulations to students from St Tiernan’s College, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo who were crowned national...
End of an era for Chanelle Pharma
Congratulations to Michael Burke who recently sold his pharmaceutical company, Chanelle Pharma, for...
Glanbia on the fast track
Glanbia is moving quickly to increase its Optimum Nutrition brand profile by becoming a sponsor of...
FTMTA Conference
‘Navigating the Evolving Agricultural Machinery Landscape’ is a conference being held this month in...
Farm safety initiatives
Last month, Minister of State with responsibility for farm safety, Martin Heydon, launched a new Agri...
IFAC revelations
IFAC’s annual farm report, published in January, included a comprehensive analysis of farmer attitudes...
Big bird brings beef bonus
It’s probably a stretch to suggest that the main reason the Chinese Premier, Li Qiang, paid a visit...
Sheep numbers in decline
Despite sheepmeat prices remaining at a considerable premium to beef returns, the ongoing decline...
Jim Bergin exits Tirlán
Next July will mark the end of an extraordinarily successful career in the Irish dairy sector for...
Campaign for justice
Hats off to Deputy Jackie Cahill who continues to campaign on behalf of farmer, Dan Brennan and his...
McCarthy to chair Townview
Justin McCarthy has joined Townview as executive chair.
A step closer
Just before Christmas, we had some good news in relation to Irish beef exports when the Department...
The Padraig Walshe Centre of Excellence
How appropriate that the proposed Centre for Sustainable Animal and Grassland Research to be developed...