Aisling O'Brien

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Next minister for agriculture set to be confirmed today
Next minister for agriculture set to be confirmed today

The next minister for agriculture is set to be revealed today (Wednesday, January 22), as the Dáil resumes, a new...

Tipperary County Council aiming for 350 farm inspections in 2025
Tipperary County Council aiming for 350 farm inspections in 2025

Tipperary County Council has confirmed that it is planning to carry out some 350 farm inspections this year. The Environmental...

FCI issues warning on slurry agitation and management
FCI issues warning on slurry agitation and management

The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI), has issued a warning for contractors and their farmer clients...

Farmers to gather outside EU Parliament for Mercosur protest
Farmers to gather outside EU Parliament for Mercosur protest

Farmers will gather outside the European Parliament tomorrow (Wednesday, January 22) to protest against the proposed EU-Mercosur trade agreement. The...

Met Éireann: Weather warnings likely due to Storm Éowyn
Met Éireann: Weather warnings likely due to Storm Éowyn

Met Éireann has issued a weather advisory as a deepening low-pressure system, named Storm Éowyn by the UK Met Office,...

IFA discusses loyalty scheme concerns with Dairygold management
IFA discusses loyalty scheme concerns with Dairygold management

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has urged Dairygold milk suppliers to engage with elected representatives in the co-op to secure...

Quads and scramblers ‘laying waste’ to Slieve Bloom trails – TD
Quads and scramblers ‘laying waste’ to Slieve Bloom trails – TD

Quads and scramblers are “laying waste” to bike and walking trails on the Slieve Bloom Mountains, according to an independent...

SEEFA hoping for ‘sustained momentum’ on forestry with new govt
SEEFA hoping for ‘sustained momentum’ on forestry with new govt

The Social, Economic and Environmental Forestry Association of Ireland (SEEFA) said it hopes to see “sustained momentum” on forestry under...

Irish Distillers and BOI offer sustainability loans to tillage farmers
Irish Distillers and BOI offer sustainability loans to tillage farmers

Irish Distillers is partnering with Bank of Ireland (BOI) to offer sustainability-linked loans to tillage farmers for the first time....

Clawback on entitlements will not be reinstated in 2025 – DAFM
Clawback on entitlements will not be reinstated in 2025 – DAFM

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed to Agriland that the clawback on entitlements will not...

Opportunity for further significant beef price increases – Hanrahan
Opportunity for further significant beef price increases – Hanrahan

A shortage of beef across all of Ireland’s key markets is creating the opportunity for further significant price increases, according...

Met Éireann issues Status Yellow warning for ‘dense fog’
Met Éireann issues Status Yellow warning for ‘dense fog’

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow weather warning for heavy fog across the country for tonight (Monday, January 20)....

Pilot project to use Old Irish Goats for conservation grazing
Pilot project to use Old Irish Goats for conservation grazing

Old Irish Goats are planned to be used in a new pilot project to control invasive plant species on designated...

Met Éireann issues weather advisory for entire country
Met Éireann issues weather advisory for entire country

Met Éireann has issued a weather advisory for the entire country as it continues to track “a deepening low-pressure system”....

DAFM confirms third case of bird flu in Ireland since December
DAFM confirms third case of bird flu in Ireland since December

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that a third case of avian influenza (bird flu)...

Irish Grown Wool Council panel discussion at Showcase Ireland
Irish Grown Wool Council panel discussion at Showcase Ireland

The Irish Grown Wool Council will today (Monday, January 20) host a panel discussion at one of Ireland’s largest international...

Dawn Meats invests €1.5m in Waterford solar panel project
Dawn Meats invests €1.5m in Waterford solar panel project

Dawn Meats has invested €1.5 million in a newly completed solar panel project at its Grannagh site in Co. Waterford....

Met Éireann: Turning colder with unsettled conditions this week
Met Éireann: Turning colder with unsettled conditions this week

Met Éireann has said that it will become colder in the coming days, with more unsettled conditions later in the...