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Watch: Minister Healy-Rae hopes to reinstate forestry’s reputation
Pat O'Toole
The newly appointed Minister of State for Forestry, Horticulture and Farm Safety sets out his priorities.
1 February 2025 News
Interview: Martin Heydon on succession, land use and more
The newly-appointed Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shares his views on a wide range of issues, from how we encourage a new generation of farmers to how we can lead farm innovation.
29 January 2025 News
Payments system is broken - Heydon
The new Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine says that the strings attached to payments are responsible for low uptake of SCEP and the Sheep Welfare scheme.
Minister Heydon wants to change ‘bleak’ narrative around farming
The new Minister for Agriculture wants to highlight how good farming is for the economy, and how good Irish farmers are at producing quality food.
29 January 2025 News
First enforce current live transport rules before making new ones - Hansen
The EU Commissioner said that 'black sheep' were causing negativity towards live transport of animals among the public, but that the distance or method of transport was not the most important factor.
29 January 2025 News
Opinion: Heydon and Hansen bring hands-on experience to new roles
A new Commissioner and a new Minister will be grappling with the same old problems facing farming.
25 January 2025 Opinion
Leinster-heavy lineup sees McConalogue demoted
The cabinet resembles the Irish rugby team in one regard - it's totally Leinster dominated, with 11 of the 15 ministers from the province.
23 January 2025 News
Martin Heydon confirmed as Minister for Agriculture
Martin Heydon has been confirmed as the new Minister of Agriculture, succeeding Charlie McConalogue.
23 January 2025 News
Hansen seeks to be 'boots on the ground' Commissioner
The European Commissioner visited a farm in Kildare on Thursday before attending the IFA AGM.
23 January 2025 News
Heydon is poised to take top agriculture role
A farmer all his life, a TD since 2011, and a Minister of State in Agriculture House for the last five years, it's been a lifelong apprenticeship for biggest job in Irish farming for Martin Heydon.
22 January 2025 News
Brexit, Beef Plan, COVID-19 and Golfgate
From Brexit to COVID-19 and Golfgate, with the protests by the Beef Pan Movement and dairy farmers over the derogation cut, the last decade has had its fair share of controversy.
22 January 2025 News
Opinion: operation transformation needed to help government find their figures
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have maintained the policy commitments they made during the general election campaign, but the funding pledges to back them up have disappeared.
18 January 2025 Opinion