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Dairy
'Brave steps' needed on TB - Lakeland Dairies meets Minister Heydon
James Hanly
Lakeland Dairies’ chair Niall Matthews sat down with Minister Heydon and spoke about the issues that affect its farm families.
2 April 2025 Buildings
Ensuring sufficient water supplies this grazing season
Several factors feed in to the sizing of water troughs and a clean, fresh water supply is essential for all stock types.
28 March 2025 News
Pumping station switched on at Lough Funshinagh
The interim flood relief scheme was activated on Friday in a move that the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) described as 'as a major step in the right direction'.
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Radical TB plan floated by Department
Kildare community unites again solar and battery plans
A proposed 583ac solar farm and battery energy storage system near Kilcock, Kildare, has become the latest renewables project to see members of a community unite to stop it.
19 March 2025 Renewables
Tipperary Cheese Company must pay €7,440 after 2023 slurry pollution incident
The 2023 incident was found to be caused by slurry flow into a tributary of the River Suir.
13 March 2025 News
NIEA appoints new Lough Neagh inspectors
The NI Environment Agency has recruited across a range of roles linked to Lough Neagh.
12 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Farmers should be consulted on 'phasing out' derogation - Social Democrats
Jennifer Whitmore was speaking on RTE Radio One about a European vote that will be held at the end of the year to see if Ireland can maintain its nitrates derogation.
11 March 2025 News
Lessons from EFS for restoring NI peatland
The aim of peatland restoration is to move the water table within 10-15cm of the surface for 90% of the year.
5 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Is there a future farming marginal land?
Adam Woods takes a look at the plans on rewetting and what that means for small drystock farms in the north west of the country.
5 March 2025 Management
New €500,000 partnership for nature restoration
The project, announced at the Lions Club National Convention in Tullamore on Friday, has been allocated €250,000 per year will be allocated for 2025 and 2026, to support restoration projects.
28 February 2025 Climate and environment
New project to explore value of biodiversity actions on farms
The ‘Farming Resilience and Management through Natural Capital’ project received over €325,000 in the 2024 research call to run over two years starting this March.
26 February 2025 Climate and environment
How Irish farmers could be affected by a UK nuclear accident
Documents provided to the Irish Farmers Journal by the EPA show that officials discussed the fallout of a nuclear accident with the Department of Environment in 2022.
26 February 2025 News