Louise Hickey

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Louise Hickey has a bachelor’s degree in journalism at Dublin City University (DCU). She comes from a rural area in Co. Meath, where she has goats and a “great” greenhouse. She has garnered experience working with outlets such as RTÉ and has covered election counts.

Minister warns dog owners to keep dogs safe in hot weather
Minister warns dog owners to keep dogs safe in hot weather

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has issued cautionary advice to pet owners in relation to keeping...

Livelihoods of sheep farmers ‘at stake’ – TD
Livelihoods of sheep farmers ‘at stake’ – TD

The livelihoods of individuals and long-term sustainability of the sheep sector is “at stake”, according to Independent TD, Mattie McGrath....

Projected loss of over 10,000 farm workers by 2035 – report
Projected loss of over 10,000 farm workers by 2035 – report

There is a projected loss of 10,600 farm and related workers between 2022 and 2035, according to a recent report...

Herdwatch makes acquisition in 7-figure deal
Herdwatch makes acquisition in 7-figure deal

Herdwatch announced today (Tuesday, June 13) that it will be acquiring Kingswood Computing Ltd., in a deal believed to be...

How can farmers make money from carbon farming?
How can farmers make money from carbon farming?

A number of climate and financing options exist to support farmers and land managers as they adopt to carbon farming,...

Cork-based butter brand signs major contract with Tesco
Cork-based butter brand signs major contract with Tesco

Ór-Real Irish Butter has signed a new deal with Tesco, which will see the product stocked in 123 of it...

Uisce Éireann introduces more drought-related restrictions
Uisce Éireann introduces more drought-related restrictions

Uisce Éireann has introduced many drought-related restrictions throughout the country this week after a rise in temperatures. Met Éireann highlighted...

‘Rural Ireland will die’ without new housing guidelines – senator
‘Rural Ireland will die’ without new housing guidelines – senator

A delay in publishing updated rural housing guidelines is leading to rural communities “dying on their feet”, according to Senator...

CSO: Consumers paid more for dairy products in May 2023
CSO: Consumers paid more for dairy products in May 2023

Consumers paid more for milk, cheese, and butter in May 2023 compared to what they would have paid a year...

AgTech Ireland to showcase technologies at Moorepark
AgTech Ireland to showcase technologies at Moorepark

Teagasc, Enterprise Ireland, and AgTech Ireland will provide a platform for AgTech member companies to showcase technologies at the Moorepark Open Day,...

Two farmers chased by bulls issue warnings to others
Two farmers chased by bulls issue warnings to others

Two farmers chased by bulls on separate occasions this week have issued safety warnings to reduce the number of attacks....

Watch: ISPCA launches new ‘Stop the Pain’ campaign
Watch: ISPCA launches new ‘Stop the Pain’ campaign

The Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) launched a new campaign today (Wednesday, June 7), to raise...

Campaign against Spanish strawberry growers signed by thousands
Campaign against Spanish strawberry growers signed by thousands

A German consumer campaign calling for supermarkets to boycott berries grown near Spain’s Donana wetland has been signed by over...

ISPCA to launch campaign in response to record levels of abuse
ISPCA to launch campaign in response to record levels of abuse

The Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) has launched a campaign today (Wednesday, June 7) in response...

Rural Ireland ‘not simply a park’ for Green Party – Cahill
Rural Ireland ‘not simply a park’ for Green Party – Cahill

The only dairy farmer in Dáil Eireann, Tipperary TD Jackie Cahill, has warned that rural Ireland “is not simply a...

Group meets to reverse negative water quality trends
Group meets to reverse negative water quality trends

The Agriculture Water Quality Working Group had its first meeting in Portlaoise, Co. Laois to discuss reversing negative water quality...

Road safety: Series of videos  to protect horse riders on roads
Road safety: Series of videos to protect horse riders on roads

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána have teamed up with Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) and Horse Racing...

Rewetting: MEP accuses Taoiseach of ‘scaremongering’
Rewetting: MEP accuses Taoiseach of ‘scaremongering’

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been accused of “scaremongering” for his “own political interest” on the proposed European Union (EU) Nature...