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Colm McCarthy: Ireland's place in a hardening Europe

Any ‘fortress Europe’ outcome, seeking to substitute a stronger single market for a reduced outward focus on trade with the rest of the world, is not in Ireland’s interests.

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Colm McCarthy: Ireland's place in a hardening Europe

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Home Farm: another week of enforced idleness

Home Farm: another week of enforced idleness

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Will there be money for doing the right thing?

Will there be money for doing the right thing?

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Comment: suckler cattle farmers need a strong voice

Comment: suckler cattle farmers need a strong voice

Comment: suckler cattle farmers need a strong voice

NORTHERN IRELAND 18 February 2026

Farmers have joined the 'quiet quitting' trend

Farmers have joined the 'quiet quitting' trend

Farmers have joined the 'quiet quitting' trend

NEWS 15 February 2026

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Opinion: Government standing by their man, while the IFA stands by its demand

Opinion: Government standing by their man, while the IFA stands by its demand

Larry Murrin must go, say the IFA. It properly reflects the mood of farmers around the country, but the Government seem determined to deny the IFA on this occasion, unless a "smoking gun" emerges.

OPINION 4 February 2026

Colm McCarthy: Predictable consequences from planning permission decisions

Colm McCarthy: Predictable consequences from planning permission decisions

40 passengers per train must be judged very disappointing and a caution against extension further east.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Home Farm: slurry pressures

Home Farm: slurry pressures

We are hoping for a beef price that at least matches last spring but the price seems to be stuck.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Dempsey at Large: land prices soaring in places as western Europe stagnates

Dempsey at Large: land prices soaring in places as western Europe stagnates

Ireland has an extremely open land market, with no restrictions on who can purchase land and in what amount.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

NI policy direction was set in 2022

NI policy direction was set in 2022

The direction of travel for farm policies was set by the previous Agriculture Minister.

NORTHERN IRELAND 4 February 2026

Colm McCarthy: building vanity stadiums is not where the focus should be

Colm McCarthy: building vanity stadiums is not where the focus should be

The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has a capital budget of €2.2bn per annum which should focus on playing facilities rather than vanity stadiums.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Home Farm: do you use farm-saved seed?

Home Farm: do you use farm-saved seed?

Our mole drains that we put in last year have proven to be a real success with previously wet, impassible spots dry and water running through the gravel-filled moles to an outlet.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

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