Dairy farmers warned against ‘shiny salesmen’ and sleek new equipment as they plan expansionComparisons drawn between overseas property boom and spending on dairy facilitiesThu Oct 16 2014 - 16:39
Ending of milk quotas provided the impetus for new agri-taxation measuresAccess to land the main problem facing young farmersWed Oct 15 2014 - 01:00
Tax measures to support farming in Budget 2015Measures designed to encourage long-term leasing of land and improve productivityTue Oct 14 2014 - 17:10
Too many farmers ‘afraid’ to go organic, says junior MinisterFive organic firms recognised at awards as Josef Finke recognised for contribution to sectorTue Oct 14 2014 - 15:08
People urged to love their loaf as National Bread Week beginsEvent organised by baking industry to celebrate quality and heritage of Irish breadMon Oct 13 2014 - 15:23
Hat trick for Laois as ploughing returns for third yearDecision on National Ploughing Championships follows most successful year everSun Oct 12 2014 - 15:39
Hotelier says he opened new cafe because of the lower VAT rate‘If they were to rip that lower VAT rate from under us now there would be job losses’Fri Oct 10 2014 - 13:06
Staff embargo creating ‘huge problems’ for TeagascDemand for Green Cert courses delivered by the organisation has tripledWed Oct 08 2014 - 11:47
Georgina Campbell Awards: 2015 winnersWho won what in food writer’s annual accoladesWed Oct 08 2014 - 10:33
‘Amazingly bad service’ threatens hospitality sector - food writerGeorgina Campbell relates ‘shocking experiences’ in hotels and restaurantsWed Oct 08 2014 - 00:30
Dealing with childhood bereavement is vital, says MinisterMinister for Children launches a guide to help adults support bereaved childrenMon Oct 06 2014 - 12:42
EC audit highlights gaps in food safety controls for fishery products‘Staff constraints’ hampering inspections of fish-handling facilitiesMon Oct 06 2014 - 12:12
Poor children 50% more likely to have health problemsReport finds one in six three-year-olds have a serious long-standing health conditionMon Oct 06 2014 - 01:00
Flavoured butter is cream of the crop at Dingle food awardsMore than 2,000 products entered in competitionSun Oct 05 2014 - 22:07
Draft mother and baby homes inquiry terms circulatedJames Reilly says memo on topic to be brought to Cabinet ‘as soon as possible’Sat Oct 04 2014 - 15:29
Too many men still suffering in silence - PresidentMichael D Higgins speaks of profound reluctance among males to talk about problemsSat Oct 04 2014 - 14:33
Men’s Sheds encourage friendship and productivity‘Our motto is that men don’t talk face to face - they talk shoulder to shoulder’Fri Oct 03 2014 - 18:37
Billie Barry funeral ‘perfectly-choreographed celebration’Barry instilled ‘confidence, competence and creativity’ into generations of childrenFri Oct 03 2014 - 16:23
National Potato Day hoping to chip away at couscousDozens of events to mark the dayFri Oct 03 2014 - 01:00
Farm groups welcome new Department of Agriculture investigations unitNew division to be headed by senior superintending veterinary officerThu Oct 02 2014 - 10:53
Dark year for farm deaths despite greater focus on farm safety23 people, including five children, have been killed in farm accidents so far this yearMon Sept 29 2014 - 13:37
How do you explain the enigma that is ‘the Ploughing’?The success of the event lies in the fact it’s about a lot more than ploughingFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:05
Director ‘absolutely thrilled’ as crowds swell to 279,500Next year’s venue still to be announced but it could return to LaoisFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
Members disgusted at way FG is being runJohn McNulty resigns from board after less than two weeks in his directorshipThu Sept 25 2014 - 22:15
Taoiseach joins record numbers at Ploughing ChampionshipsEnda Kenny just one of some 250,000 who have visited Ratheniska since TuesdayThu Sept 25 2014 - 16:59
Farm safety drive launched at ploughing championshipsMinister for Agriculture Simon Coveney says video highlighting impact of deaths from farm accidents gave him a lump in his throatThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
Minister cannot influence price of Irish beef in Paris or BerlinFarmers must get fair share of retail price for beef - CoveneyThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
Ploughing championships attracts its biggest ever crowdPapal Nuncio describes the event as ‘absolutely terrific’Wed Sept 24 2014 - 19:27
Beef prices, farm safety top Ploughing Championships agendaMinister for Agriculture and Tánaiste among the 87,000 expected in Ratheniska todayWed Sept 24 2014 - 16:28
Day one at the Ploughing: curried crickets and blinged-up welliesPresident Michael D Higgins says his poetry is dominated by farming memoriesWed Sept 24 2014 - 09:51
Plan to stop theft of farm machinery unveiled by GardaMore than €1.7 million worth of farm property stolen in the past yearWed Sept 24 2014 - 08:26
President’s concern over suicide in farming communitySurvey finds more than half of all farmers have been directly affected by suicideTue Sept 23 2014 - 22:13
Garda Commissioner says rise in murders not related to organised crimeNoirín O’Sullivan would not comment on the leaked Garda inspectorate reportTue Sept 23 2014 - 19:18
Ploughing ‘a most beloved rendezvous’, says Higgins80,000 expected to attend opening day of National Ploughing ChampionshipsTue Sept 23 2014 - 14:21
More than 200,000 ‘going to the Ploughing’ for 83rd eventVisitors last year spent almost €36.5 million during three-day championshipsTue Sept 23 2014 - 07:57
Bord Bia researchers sleep on floors in Vietnam to help sell Irish food abroadResearch helping to understand how consumers think in other countriesMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
More than 200,000 expected to attend ploughing championshipDry weather predicted for three-day event at Ratheniska in LaoisMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
Tractor on which Charlie Keegan won World Ploughing Championships in 1964 restoredThe green Deutz D40Ltractor, restored by grandson Michael, will take centre stage at Ploughing ChampionshipsMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
People’s Climate Picnic marks global day of action and sends message to TaoiseachCoastal clean-up among events held around Ireland on world day of environmental actionMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
More than 600 attend People’s Climate Picnic in DublinProtest rallies in 161 countries aim to focus world’s eyes on climate changeSun Sept 21 2014 - 16:16
Food industry must consolidate and exploit aquaculture potentialSenior food business figures told that Ireland is not known for its food brandsFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
Organic egg producers crying fowl on EU regulationsConsumers did not know organic automatically meant free rangeFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
Model attracts ire for encouraging people to ‘ditch the dairy’Rosanna Davison wrote column urging public to cut back on dairy and meatThu Sept 18 2014 - 20:37
Two out of three farms need off-farm income to surviveRecession wiped out 15 years of off-farm employment growth, conference toldThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Drinking milk related to reduced blood pressureLower risk of ill-health for people with high dairy intake, conference hearsTue Sept 16 2014 - 21:00
EU handling of Russian ban defended by commissionerMEPs say farmers should not have to pay the price for political crisisTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:02
‘It’s a man and his dog, doing the same as someone would have done 100 years ago’Visitors flock to international sheepdog trials in RoscommonSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Warning on carbon emissions from agricultureFood prices rises inevitable because of global demand, conference toldFri Sept 12 2014 - 19:54
Social farming could save health services money, conference hearsHSE studying review of pilot projectThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
Laois gets ready for ploughs and the starsChampions and edible insects just some of the attractions promised for ploughing eventThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
