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Éowyn ravages €800,000 plantation
Declan O’Brien
Paddy McGowan's forestry plantation was worth around €800,000 before storm Éowyn struck; its current value is pure guesswork or conjecture. Declan O’Brien reports.
5 March 2025 Climate and environment
Birds spotted at ACRES wader scrape within a week
The ACRES Breifne CP zone was set up on Seamus Cornyn's farm in Drumshanbo with the aim of providing optimal feeding habitat for species such as snipe, lapwing, redshank, and curlew.
26 February 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: massive dry cow demand in Mohill
Adam Woods reports from the annual Monaghan Day dry cow sale in Mohill, Co Leitrim, last Saturday.
My Farming Week: Seamus Cornyn, Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim
We spoke to Leitrim suckler farmer Seamus Cornyn on this edition of My Farming Week after he offered his enterprise to be used as an ACRES demonstration farm.
26 February 2025 News
Farmer Writes: soil sampling and TB tests
This week Karen McCabe discusses a number of jobs that have been done on the farm of late, from hoof trimming to new farm toys.
26 February 2025 Farmer Writes
Mohill’s Monaghan day sales moves up the dials
Adam Woods reports from Mohill mart’s special Monaghan day sale of weanling heifers.
19 February 2025 Markets
Tenders sought for exploring role of women in agriculture
The public contract will last for 24 months and the project is funded by the Special EU Programmes Body.
19 February 2025 News
Leitrim farmer offers up farm to be used as ACRES demonstration farm
Over the weekend, Leitrim farmer Seamus Cornyn created small shallow ponds known as “wader scrapes” for biodiversity.
17 February 2025 News
Land Report: Leitrim land prices stay within the zone
Decent grazing land in the county is selling in the range of €5,000/ac to €10,000/ac.
11 February 2025 News
Man dies in Leitrim farm incident
HSA and Garda investigations are under way into a suspected farm fatality in Co Leitrim.
6 February 2025 News
High voltage lines within 5m of forestry in ‘many cases’, Dáil hears
A Sligo-Leitrim TD has raised the issue of forestry plantations being close to power lines during a Dáil debate.
6 February 2025 Forestry
Forward store beef heifers hit €5/kg
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade and mart trade.
5 February 2025 Markets