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Symposium will explore future developments, opportunities and strengths of AgTech in Ireland

The event has been organised by the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in the South East Region including Tipperary, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford and Waterford in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland, Teagasc, The Department of Agriculture, the Institutes ...

09 Jun 2017 at 16:39

Business

Prize fund of over €80,000 in supports for innovative agri companies

Irish agri companies are invited to showcase their products and innovations at the heart of the NPA Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly, September 19-21, 2017. Innovation Awards winners will ...

26 May 2017 at 18:38

Local News

Latest HSA workplace fatality figures serve as reminder of farming dangers

IFA Farm Family and Social Affairs Chair, Alice Doyle said the report from the Health and Safety Authority on workplace fatalities is a reminder of the dangers of working on farms. Farming has the highest number of work-related fatalities in ...

16 Jul 2023 at 11:00

Local News

Justice Minister urged to increase garda numbers to tackle rural crime

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has been urged to increase Garda numbers to tackle rural crime. Farmers have raised a “recurring problem” of gangs of men with dogs going on to farms and threatening livestock. The Irish Farmers ...

29 Oct 2022 at 19:23

Farming

Longford IFA encourages suckler farmers to apply for new BEEP scheme payment

Longford IFA County Livestock Chairman, Padraic Geraty, strongly encourages suckler farmers to apply for the new Beef Environmental and Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) Scheme and draw down the €40 per cow payment. The application period ...

09 Feb 2019 at 16:59

National News

Farming groups hold protest over Cap proposals in Dublin

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and the group representing co-ops have held a protest in Dublin, warning against a plan to to remove the Cap budget in favour of a once-off funding approach to the EU budget. Farmers and ...

20 May 2025 at 10:46

National News

Relationship between politicians and farmers needs to be reset – Harris

There needs to be a reset in the relationship between Irish politicians and farmers, Taoiseach Simon Harris has said. Speaking during a visit to the National Council of the Irish Farmers’ Association in Dublin, Mr Harris ...

12 Nov 2024 at 16:58

Arts & Entertainment

'You have to get the help' - Farmer with bipolar disorder stars in this week's Ear to the Ground

An Irish farmer living with bipolar disorder is set to feature on Ear to the Ground this week. Sheep farmer Martin Galvin lives in one of Ireland's most breathtaking areas, the picturesque Leenane in Mayo, but for a ...

16 Jan 2024 at 12:58

National News

Live animal crib makes return at new location in Dublin

Dublin’s live animal crib is to return this year but at its new home in St Stephen’s Green Park. The Christmas tradition is usually set up outside Mansion House, but it was cancelled earlier this month. However, ...

29 Nov 2022 at 14:28

National News

Justice Minister urged to increase Garda numbers to tackle rural crime

29 Oct 2022 at 12:57

National News

Thousands of Irish farmers to receive GLAS+ payments totaling €650,000

Balancing payments under the GLAS+ scheme worth €650,000 are being issued to over 3,000 Irish farmers. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, announced the commencement of ...

30 Jun 2022 at 13:33

National News

Just over 1% of Irish farms are organic, CSO reveals

Just over 1% of Irish farms are organic, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has revealed. Released today (Thursday May 26), the CSO's 2020 Agriculture Census found organic farming activity takes place on ...

26 May 2022 at 17:38

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