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Aengus Cox announced as new RTÉ agriculture correspondent
James Hanly
The Wicklow man, currently working at a multimedia journalist at the broadcaster, has worked at RTÉ News across radio, television and online since 2012.
11 December 2024 News
Badger vaccination not enough to eradicate TB - new research
Veterinary epidemiologist You Chang has published new research that says badger vaccination is not the quick fix that will eradicate TB from Irish herds.
4 December 2024 Letters
Letter: can vets only be educated south of the Liffey or Shannon?
Animal disease respects no borders and ensuring a high level of veterinary service throughout the island benefits our entire agricultural community, writes Gerald Roarty
New map shows TB breakdowns in your local area
"There’s no way if you were at a mart you could fire this up and use it to identify a farm from which you were buying cattle," one of the researchers involved in the project said.
1 December 2024 News
Irish universities in final stage of 'Great Agri-Food Debate'
Climate targets and meat consumption will be among the key topics at the event on Thursday 28 November at South East Technological University Waterford.
19 November 2024 News
McGuinness has more left in the tank
Mairead McGuinness worked as an agri print journalist before going in front of the camera as lead anchor for RTE’s Ear to the Ground covering issues in the farming sector.
17 November 2024 News
Careers: AgTechUCD announces start-ups to take part in accelerator programme
The 12-week hybrid initiative is dedicated to assisting new companies in the ag tech and agri food sectors, writes Sarah McIntosh.
30 October 2024 Careers
Ground-nesting birds declining faster than other species, report warns
The new data came from the UCD School of Agriculture and the Spanish research institute, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC).
21 October 2024 News
Financial risk to farming falling short of its sustainability goals
Emeritus professor of environmental policy at UCD, Frank Convery, outlined the risk to the farming sector if climate targets are missed. Noel Bardon reports.
9 October 2024 Climate and environment
Vet shortages finally being addressed
The shortage of vets is long standing and is finally to be addressed through the designation of two new universities as venues for undergraduate training.
2 October 2024 Viewpoints
Milking 500 dairy cows on a GEA rotary
From a high-tech dairy farm in the Netherlands to a large-scale pig unit in Germany. Sarah McIntosh was in conversation with ASA Travel Bursary recipient Emily Mangan.
2 October 2024 Education
Cork and Kerry farmers invited to shape bio-economic future
Teagasc, in collaboration with University College Dublin (UCD) and BiOrbic, has launched an online survey to gather farmers’ views on technologies.
2 October 2024 News