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Food
We need to buy Irish now more than ever
Janine Kennedy
The Irish agri-food community is bracing itself as increased export tariffs to the US come closer to being a reality. How can consumers help?
3 April 2025 News
Kepak appoints new chief financial officer
Kepak made the announcement on Thursday that will be effective immediately, seeing Martin take over from Robbie Grogan, who is retiring after 34 years with the business.
6 March 2025 News
Dairygold appoints new Dairy Ireland general manager
Laffan assumes the role from outgoing Dairy Ireland general manager Eamon O’Sullivan, who announced his intention to leave the position in December 2024.
Colm McCarthy: planned restrictions at Dublin airport
Any restrictions on early morning aircraft movements are a particular headache for Aer Lingus.
5 March 2025 Viewpoints
Inheritance tax changes to impact over 42,200 English and Scottish farms
AHDB analyst Tom Spencer said that tillage farms are the most likely to be affected due to their scale and asset size.
23 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Irish farmer social initiative goes stateside
The initiative was developed to help protect older farmers’ sense of purpose and social connectedness within the farming community in later life.
8 February 2025 News
Trump set to send world economy into a nosedive
A tariff for the EU will affect Ireland more than other EU members given the high export share, but may not be the end of the damage.
5 February 2025 Opinion
Colm McCarthy: better prospects of climate policy shift in Europe
If Ireland cut emissions to zero it would do nothing to address the global crisis.
22 January 2025 Viewpoints
Drive for sustainability has to go both ways
Farmers have to see the economic reward for doing more on sustainability, Tara McCarthy of Alltech told Lorcan Roche Kelly.
23 December 2024 Climate and environment
Farmer Writes: inheritance tax change a looming disaster
Labour leader Keir Starmer is obviously a very intelligent man but has a total lack of charisma and judgement, writes Joe Collingborn.
21 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Is Mercosur the final blow for suckler farmers?
The optics of the EU doing a deal that brings South American beef into Europe may be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
11 December 2024 Dealer
Dairy management: How much meal to feed to housed cows?
With virtually all herds now fully housed, the question is how much concentrate should they be on, writes Aidan Brennan.
25 November 2024 Management