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Farmer Writes: hoping for a better year than 2012
James Strain
James Strain reflects on some of the similarities between the start of this year and 2012, but hopes for a much different ending.
2 April 2025 News
Farmers experience hottest March in 13 years
The climate statement for March 2025 showed that last month was 1.42°C hotter than the country’s long-term average for the period and the eighth-warmest March since records began.
28 March 2025 News
Weekend weather: rainy start but settled from Sunday
While there will be a little rain and drizzle and some breezy weather on Saturday, there will be a return to settled weather from Sunday, according to Met Éireann.
Above average rainfall recorded for February
The national forecaster’s Climate Statement for February showed that last month was overall quite mild as rain varied between wet in the south and relatively dry in the north and midlands.
5 March 2025 News
Viability of certain crops needs to be assessed
"Corn is a sunshine crop and we have very little sunshine in this country" - Maurice Fitzgerald, Shanbally, Co Cork
20 November 2024 Letters