Teagasc GM potato study to begin second phase in CarlowMore than 5,000 potato plants to be sown in two-acre study siteMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
Boyne bridge named after McAleeseFormer president says she hopes bridge will encourage people to think about their role in building peaceMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
Tom Hayes a surprise appointment as new Minister of StateTipperary South TD will fill the vacancy in Department of Agriculture left by the late Shane McEnteeThu Jun 06 2013 - 01:00
High temperatures continuing through the weekendFlurry of activity on farmers as first silage cutWed Jun 05 2013 - 16:54
Food safety director shocked at high number of outlets not complying with rulesWarning about increased risk of foodborne diseases during hot weatherWed Jun 05 2013 - 12:08
Chinese minister says Ireland leading ‘the whole world’ in agricultural science and technologyKeenan chairman says China-Ireland dairy research and technology centre to be set upTue Jun 04 2013 - 00:00
Beet lobby adamant sugar industry can be revivedGreencore boss’s dismissal of efforts to resume production rankles with sugar campaignersMon Jun 03 2013 - 01:00
“I’m only taking a few photographs but it brings huge joy to the athletes”Highlight was witnessing a meeting between Mandela and AliSat Jun 01 2013 - 01:01
Higgins praises Bloom economy as festival opensWaterford designer takes top prizeThu May 30 2013 - 19:04
Company at centre of horse meat scandal to DNA test a million cattle a yearBritish food minister expresses frustration that culprits have not been caughtThu May 30 2013 - 01:00
Queues ‘going out the door’ for Italian fish and chip dayHalf-price fish and chips makes trade doubleWed May 29 2013 - 18:39
Greencore head says there will never be an Irish sugar industry againSurvey finds most agri business leaders expect growth this yearWed May 29 2013 - 01:00
Farmers with large EU payments told they will lose money in new agriculture dealProtest to be held outside Dublin Castle todayTue May 28 2013 - 01:00
Thousands of farmers protest in DublinAgriculture commissioner optimistic that agreement will be reachedTue May 28 2013 - 00:00
EU’s minimum payment per hectare plan ‘not negotiable’IFA to protest outside council meeting in Dublin, urging Minister Simon Coveney to oppose dealMon May 27 2013 - 01:01
Busy time for green fingers as plants pampered ahead of Bloom eventGardening festival aims to attract 100,000 visitorsMon May 27 2013 - 01:00
Search for ‘food champions’ beginsFoodies with passion sought along Wild Atlantic WayMon May 27 2013 - 01:00
Annoyance that ‘the Paddies’ uncovered horse meat scandal, conference toldFurther arrests in Netherlands over false labellingFri May 24 2013 - 01:00
Farmers to protest outside EU agriculture ministers’ meetingIFA opposed to minimum payment, saying it would result in major cuts for productive farmersThu May 23 2013 - 17:15
“The country is talking about nothing only Mick Wallace and nonsense like that while there are men in dire straits here”Connacht Gold has imported more than 160 loads of fodderThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Trained marksman suspected in sheep killingsSheep ‘were all shot in the heart, lung region with a high-powered rifle’Thu May 16 2013 - 14:46
Sale of Coillte tree-harvesting rights would raise ‘a few grains of sand in a desert of debt’, committee toldDecision on proposed sale expected next weekTue May 14 2013 - 18:38
Average farm income was €25,483 last year, Teagasc survey findsAlmost 20 per cent of farms have income less than €5,000, although huge variation across sectorTue May 14 2013 - 16:48
Irish man recounts horrors of six years of servitudeWestmeath man kept captive by Irish Travellers in UKTue May 14 2013 - 11:25
A gathering of Irish emigrants ready to see Dublin in a new lightGroup will meet President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny during their visitTue May 14 2013 - 01:00
How to make money from mounds of farm manure40 farm families involved in project that uses worms to create enriched compostMon May 13 2013 - 08:21
New young farmers’ leader says older age profile of farmers is ‘unbelievable’Macra president calls for a land use auditSun May 12 2013 - 23:11
Tánaiste urges both sides to resolve disputeStrike is benefiting no one, says GilmoreSun May 12 2013 - 12:06
Public access to forests raised as part of growing opposition to sale of Coillte rightsSale would cost the State more in the long run, committee toldWed May 08 2013 - 05:00
Major ‘fly in the ointment’ in getting Cap agreement - CoveneyFarm policy makes up 38 per cent of total EU budgetThu May 02 2013 - 18:23
Restaurants begin campaign to keep VAT at 9%Analysis finds 1,000 new jobs created as a result of measureWed May 01 2013 - 06:00
Farmers feeding animals instead of themselvesSt Vincent de Paul approached by farm families for helpWed May 01 2013 - 06:00
Visitor numbers up by 7.4 per centVaradkar says the Gathering is having an impactMon Apr 29 2013 - 14:46
Fearlessly on the farmers’ side as he takes helm at ‘Farmers Journal’New editor Justin McCarthy hopes to continue to cater for news-hungry farmersMon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
Fodder crisis eases as shipments of hay and maize arrive from UKDairy co-ops ‘have done excellent job’ but cannot reach all farmers short of feedMon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
Weighing up a life in the priesthoodVocations co-ordinator says there has been an increase in inquiriesMon Apr 29 2013 - 05:51
Animals ‘screaming for feed’, says CoveneyScale of crisis not seen in living memoryFri Apr 26 2013 - 05:00
Postmortems show dolphins got entangled in fishery gear off MayoMinisters to examine ways of minimising risksThu Apr 25 2013 - 19:00
Heritage is not a luxury – Lloyd GrossmanUse of ‘starchitects’ criticised at Fáilte Ireland tourism conferenceThu Apr 25 2013 - 15:00
Call made to rein in power of supermarketsClaim of many examples of unfair trading practicesTue Apr 23 2013 - 21:59
New €1 million scheme to help farmers import hay and silageNumber of suicides linked with fodder crisis in recent weeksTue Apr 23 2013 - 20:34
Gas charactersDo you covet a Ferguson 35 copper belly? Dream of driving a Porsche Allgaier? Welcome to the world of vintage tractorsSat Apr 20 2013 - 06:00
Irish tests find no trace of horse meat in beef productsHighest number of cases detected in France and GreeceWed Apr 17 2013 - 06:34
Irish runners speak of marathon explosionParticipants just metres away when first explosion took placeWed Apr 17 2013 - 05:53
Tests show France worst in EU for horsemeat contaminationSource says 50 tests conducted in Ireland found no traces of horse DNATue Apr 16 2013 - 08:58
‘It was the worst three hours of my life’Irish participant in marathon on looking for his wife after the explosionsTue Apr 16 2013 - 06:46
Search resumes for Columba McVeighIndependent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains says search not based on any new evidenceTue Apr 16 2013 - 06:00
Food retailer Iceland withdraws product after horse meat found in diced beef steakEuropean Commission to publish results of EU-wide tests todayTue Apr 16 2013 - 06:00
Irish witness tells of panic in aftermath of explosionDublin runner Gerry Carr crossed the finishing line just before the first explosionMon Apr 15 2013 - 23:16
