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Doyle welcomes Budget 2018 allocation for forestry, horticulture, organics and greyhound Sectors

Farming

Doyle welcomes Budget 2018 allocation for forestry, horticulture, organics and greyhound Sectors

Expenditure next year will include  €106m for the Forestry Programme; €16m for Bord na gCon; €5m in capital investment for the commercial horticulture sector and €10.5m for the Organic Farming Scheme with a further €1.2m for development of the ...

13 Oct 2017 at 11:24

Department of Agriculture assesses damage in aftermath of Ophelia

Farming

Department of Agriculture assesses damage in aftermath of Ophelia

Speaking on Wednesday, the Minister said that immediate priority included safety and reiterating the  message to the public that dealing with fallen trees and debris should not be undertaken without specialist expertise. “I would like to ...

19 Oct 2017 at 16:00

Doyle launches 2017/18 forestry afforestation programme

Farming

Doyle launches 2017/18 forestry afforestation programme

Since 1990, the forestry programme has invested over €2.5bn in rural Ireland and resulted in over 300,000 hectares planted with trees. The Minister said Forestry played a huge economic, environmental, social, and recreational role in ...

12 Oct 2017 at 20:00

MEP Matt Carthy says Sligo veterinary lab must remain open

Local news

MEP Matt Carthy says Sligo veterinary lab must remain open

Farming groups from around the North West protested at the Lab in Sligo on Thursday, and Matt Carthy, a member of the European Parliament Agriculture Committee said: “I am deeply concerned at the potential closure of the ...

24 Feb 2017 at 20:55

Bird flu discovered in a whooper swan on Longford-Leitrim border

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Bird flu discovered in a whooper swan on Longford-Leitrim border

This is the fourth case of bird flu in Ireland and it is the second swan that has been found to be infected with the h5n8 flu virus. In late December 2016, an Eurasian wigeon (species of duck) tested positive for the ...

26 Jan 2017 at 00:09

Longford IFA chief slams department over Livestock Valuation Scheme

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Longford IFA chief slams department over Livestock Valuation Scheme

“IFA has raised very serious problems since last year with the Minister and his senior department officials about the accuracy of the guideline prices and the lack of independence of the live valuers,” he said, ...

25 Jul 2017 at 11:00

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Suspension of ash grants

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Shane McEntee TD, has announced the “temporary” suspension of grant aid towards new ash plantations under the ...

23 Dec 2012 at 17:00

Business

Support for BVD Programme vital

The new BVD Programme will require support from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is to succeed, IFA indicated this week. The orgnaisation’s Animal Health ...

10 Feb 2013 at 10:00

Business

Supports in place to help spot ash dieback disease

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed 82 cases of ash dieback disease in Ireland. Teagasc in association with the Forest Service and the ...

02 Jun 2013 at 17:50

Business

Farmers warned about Liver Fluke infestation
management

Adverse weather earlier this year has led to “an explosion” in levels of Liver Fluke, according to one agricultural expert. The Department of Agriculture, Food ...

04 Dec 2012 at 10:52

Last chance saloon for Longford farmer to get his agricultural affairs in order

Local news

Last chance saloon for Longford farmer to get his agricultural affairs in order

James Casey (47), Lismacmanus, Lanesboro, Co Longford appeared before Judge Seamus Hughes convicted of trespassing at the home of James Mullooly at Gurteegan, Lanesboro and ...

08 Jul 2017 at 12:00

News

Longford link with Ambassador to Finland

His Excellency Mr. Dermot Brangan, whose grandmother hailed from Ballymahon, Co. Longford, is Ireland’s current Ambassador to Finland. Dermot, whose maternal grandmother ...

17 Apr 2013 at 18:00

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