Francess McDonnell

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Francess McDonnell is an award-winning journalist and producer with significant experience in covering agriculture, agri-business and business issues. She has worked with the Irish Times, Sunday Times Ireland, Sky News Ireland, BBC Northern Ireland and the Belfast Telegraph and Irish News. Her family has farmed for generations and is part of a rural, lough-shore community where her interest in farming, agri-business and rural issues first began. She is a graduate of De Montfort University, Leicester and the School of Journalism, Cardiff University.

Met Éireann: Unsettled, wet and windy weather ahead
Met Éireann: Unsettled, wet and windy weather ahead

Met Éireann has warned of changeable, seasonal conditions with spells of wet and breezy weather during the week ahead. The...

Appeal to merchants to match co-op’s 2022 grain prices
Appeal to merchants to match co-op’s 2022 grain prices

Grain merchants should match the prices set by co-ops Tirlán and Dairygold, for grain and oats from harvest 2022, the...

Plan launched for Sustainable Development Goals
Plan launched for Sustainable Development Goals

Ireland’s second national implementation plan for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been launched by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and other...

Tesco sales in Ireland dip in first half of 2022
Tesco sales in Ireland dip in first half of 2022

Tesco has blamed the impact of Covid-19 which was “particularly strong” on its Ireland operations as the reason for a...

Multi-billion Euro CAP plan to go to Cabinet for approval
Multi-billion Euro CAP plan to go to Cabinet for approval

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will bring the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), representing billions of euro...

CSO: Domestic milk intake falls January – August 2022
CSO: Domestic milk intake falls January – August 2022

New statistics show domestic milk intake fell in the period January to August of this year by 21.8 million litres...

Dublin conference to explore what Brexit means for Ireland
Dublin conference to explore what Brexit means for Ireland

The future of agriculture on the island is set to take centre stage at a conference in Dublin that aims...

Sinn Féin: Little for farming families in Budget 2023
Sinn Féin: Little for farming families in Budget 2023

Budget 2023 offers “little for Ireland’s family farmers”, Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture, Matt Carthy has said. Carthy believes the...