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Dáil

Heydon: 'We stand ready to support our poultry sector'

Pig/Poultry

1 day ago

Heydon: 'We stand ready to support our poultry sector'

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine today (Wednesday, November 5) pledged in the...

Farmers to protest over greenway issues outside Leinster House

Rural Life

3 days ago

Farmers to protest over greenway issues outside Leinster House

Farmers and landowners from across the country are set to protest outside Leinster House later this...

Heydon wants to vaccinate badgers who do not have TB 'ahead of big projects'

Rural Life

4 months ago

Heydon wants to vaccinate badgers who do not have TB 'ahead of big projects'

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, has indicated that one of the...

TD tells Dáil that ACRES farmer got 'just €300 when he was due €5,000' in July

Rural Life

4 months ago

TD tells Dáil that ACRES farmer got 'just €300 when he was due €5,000' in July

An Independent TD for Tipperary South has told the Dáil how an Agri-Climate Rural Environment...

Heydon wants to 'introduce a lot more blood testing' in high-risk TB categories

Agri-Business

4 months ago

Heydon wants to 'introduce a lot more blood testing' in high-risk TB categories

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, told the Dáil today (Thursday,...

Pig/Poultry

4 months ago

Animal activists say Dáil bill to be 'catastrophic' for pig sector

A group of animal activists have said a new bill to be introduced in the Dáil by non-government...

Animal activists say Dáil bill to be 'catastrophic' for pig sector

Rural Life

4 months ago

TD calls for pharmacists to 'prescribe antiparasitic medicines' for animals

The Minister for Health has been asked if pharmacists could be enabled to prescribe...

TD calls for pharmacists to 'prescribe antiparasitic medicines' for animals

Rural Life

5 months ago

Many believe solar farms 'contributing' to TB increase - TD tells Dáil

A Fine Gael TD has told the Dáil that many people believe the "development of mass areas of solar...

Many believe solar farms 'contributing' to TB increase - TD tells Dáil

Rural Life

5 months ago

2 TDs oppose proposed bill to ban fox hunting

People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger has introduced a bill seeking to ban fox hunting...

2 TDs oppose proposed bill to ban fox hunting

Rural Life

6 months ago

TD to introduce bill seeking to ban fox hunting

People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger is set to ramp her efforts to ban fox hunting in...

TD to introduce bill seeking to ban fox hunting

Agri Politics

6 months ago

Many farms 'would not survive financially' without CAP payments - minister

A minister of state at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has told the Dáil...

Many farms 'would not survive financially' without CAP payments - minister

Agri-Business

6 months ago

Heydon: GAEC 2 concerns 'are misplaced for a variety of reasons'

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, told the Dáil today (Wednesday,...

Heydon: GAEC 2 concerns 'are misplaced for a variety of reasons'

Agri Politics

7 months ago

Cork TD appointed chair of Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Taoiseach Micheál Martin today (Thursday, April 24) confirmed that the new chair of the Oireachtas...

Cork TD appointed chair of Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Rural Life

7 months ago

Dáil hears of farm equipment 'stolen' to pay drug debts

A Mayo TD has told the Dáil that he knows of "some cases where farm equipment was stolen to...

Dáil hears of farm equipment 'stolen' to pay drug debts

Agri-Business

8 months ago

ACRES: 'We cleared almost 1,700 last week and we are down to 10,400' - minister

There are currently more than 10,000 farmers still waiting on an Agri Climate Rural Environment...

ACRES: 'We cleared almost 1,700 last week and we are down to 10,400' - minister

Forestry

8 months ago

TD to raise forestry setback legislation in Dáil

A Fine Gael TD is due to raise the issue of setback distances in relation to forestry in the Dáil...

TD to raise forestry setback legislation in Dáil

Agri Politics

9 months ago

TD says her hopes of sons staying in suckler farming 'are dwindling'

A TD who runs a suckler farm with her husband in Mullinavat has told the Dáil that her hopes of...

TD says her hopes of sons staying in suckler farming 'are dwindling'

Agri Politics

9 months ago

Grealish: 'My job every weekend was to milk the cows on Saturday and Sunday'

The Independent TD for Galway West, Noel Grealish, shared in his maiden speech as a minister of...

Grealish: 'My job every weekend was to milk the cows on Saturday and Sunday'

Agri Politics

9 months ago

Mercosur could deliver a 'knock-out punch to Irish beef producers' - Nolan

Irish farmers and food producers need “less of the high-minded rhetoric on the importance of...

Mercosur could deliver a 'knock-out punch to Irish beef producers' - Nolan

Environment

9 months ago

Minister: ACRES balancing payments dealt with 'on case-by-case basis'

The Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine, today (Thursday, February 6) told the...

Minister: ACRES balancing payments dealt with 'on case-by-case basis'

Agri Politics

9 months ago

Fitzmaurice: Farmers need funding to 'replace sheds'

Funding needs to be provided to farmers to "replace sheds that were taken away" as a result of...

Fitzmaurice: Farmers need funding to 'replace sheds'

Agri Politics

10 months ago

Micheál Martin elected as the new Taoiseach in the Dáil

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has today (Thursday, January 23) been elected Taoiseach to lead...

Micheál Martin elected as the new Taoiseach in the Dáil

Agri Politics

10 months ago

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...

Next minister for agriculture set to be confirmed today

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