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Macra 2025 presidential campaign intensifies
Noel Bardon
Josephine O'Neill and Conor Murphy set out their stalls to Macra members in the north-west on Tuesday.
15 March 2025 Opinion
Opinion: whiskey tariffs are the cloud in bright March skies
Good weather means a spring in the step of farmers planting crops, but the markets are not as bright as the weather, with tariffs (yet again) a threat.
4 March 2025 News
Final line-up for Macra presidential race confirmed
Macra has announced the candidates for its presidential and vice-presidential races.
Seanad agricultural line-up
The agricultural panel features a mix of familiar and new faces after the counting of ballots.
5 February 2025 Dealer
Murphy third candidate to declare for Macra president
Conor Murphy from Whitechurch Macra in Cork announced his entry to the presidential race over the weekend.
4 February 2025 News
Election season in Dairygold
Following a number of elections over the last month, the filling of the vacant vice chairman role before the weekend will see the end of votes being cast in the Dairygold boardroom for the time being.
8 January 2025 Dealer
Macra presidential race kicks off
John Martin Carroll from Causeway in Co Kerry announced his intention to run for Macra president in recent days.
6 January 2025 News
Reeling in the year: 2024
From weather woes to (more) ACRES issues, straw scheme scandals, election fever and co-op changes, Anne O’Donoghue brings you 2024’s top news headlines.
27 December 2024 Feature
Opinion: political gongs for 2024
It's time to hand out the plaudits and brickbats for 2024, so who is getting their heart's desire and who has a lump of coal in their Christmas sock?
25 December 2024 Opinion
Matt Dempsey among Seanad nominees
The former Irish Farmers Journal editor is among the 24 people nominated to contest the 11 seats on the Agricultural Panel.
20 December 2024 News
Human traceability not a patch on AIMS cattle traceability
Send in the AIMS experts to fix the electoral register in days, The Dealer says.
4 December 2024 Dealer
Rural Affairs: local elections a stepping stone to gender equality
Research carried out since the local elections in June shows those who already have a seat in government more likely to retain it, which gives men a distinct advantage, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
27 November 2024 Features