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Dempsey at Large: getting the facts straight on nitrates

Just as most medicines have side effects, the aim has to be to work out if the side effects justify the action.

VIEWPOINTS 24 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: getting the facts straight on nitrates

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Home Farm: beef market surprises

Home Farm: beef market surprises

VIEWPOINTS 24 December 2025

TB control: why is it just more of the same

TB control: why is it just more of the same

MANAGEMENT 24 December 2025

Editorial: Taoiseach's comments must be clarified

Editorial: Taoiseach's comments must be clarified

Editorial: Taoiseach's comments must be clarified

VIEWPOINTS 24 December 2025

Editorial: Advice needed on Bluetongue vaccination

Editorial: Advice needed on Bluetongue vaccination

Editorial: Advice needed on Bluetongue vaccination

VIEWPOINTS 23 December 2025

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Editorial: 2025 - a good year for Irish farming

Editorial: 2025 - a good year for Irish farming

Big challenges lie ahead, the first being a possible ratification of the Mercosur trade agreement in the first few days of January.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Editorial: Season's greetings

Editorial: Season's greetings

We continue to develop and evolve as the needs of our readers and clients change.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Opinion: Why are some technologies readily adopted and not others?

Opinion: Why are some technologies readily adopted and not others?

Habit is also a very powerful factor that militates against change. Many farmers simply like having a bull and are reluctant to take up the spreadsheet instead.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Colm McCarthy: resourcing Ireland's water and electricity needs

Colm McCarthy: resourcing Ireland's water and electricity needs

The ESB was accordingly designed from the beginning in 1927 as a State-wide monopoly company, initially to develop hydro resources starting with the Shannon scheme.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: Need for Irish cereal breeding policy

Dempsey at Large: Need for Irish cereal breeding policy

An informed forum should be assembled immediately and a national policy developed.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Home Farm: sophisticated solar

Home Farm: sophisticated solar

The early closed paddocks have covers fit to graze after the long mild spell, but while the grass might be fit to graze, the land certainly isn't.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Editorial: moment of truth for Mercosur trade deal

Editorial: moment of truth for Mercosur trade deal

Regardless of what the next few days brings in terms of voting results, the deal will still have to pass a final hurdle of EU parliament ratification in spring 2026.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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