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Deadline extension is sought for ACRES applicants

PRESSURE is mounting this week on Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue, to make changes in the new ACRES environ...

Top Suffolk ewe lamb sold for €2,000 as bidders went all-out at Athenry Mart sale

The West of Ireland Registered Pedigree Suffolk Sheep Breeders Club held their inaugural Western Stars in-lamb female...

Marauding trespassers ‘doing what they like’ in rural areas

A GREATER Garda presence in rural areas along with changes in the law to protect landowners from trespassers has been...

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Wettest October since 1995 leaves us with swollen rivers and waterlogged countryside

GALWAY experienced its wettest October in 27-years with the rainfall figure for the county coming in at around the eight inches mark. Ground co...

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National award for Beechlawn Organic Farm

BEECHLAWN Organic Farm in Ballinasloe was among the winners announced at the 2022 Bord Bia National Organic Awards announced earlier this month. ...

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Timber prices fall as building slackens

A SLOWDOWN in consumer confidence, the war in Ukraine and a general ‘easing back’ on various building projects have been given as the main reasons ...

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Farmers’ ‘red card’ to ACRES unwieldy demands

THE ‘big issue’ with West of Ireland farmers – highlighted at three regional IFA meetings in Galway last week – continues to be the new ACRES envir...

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Quads have been a real killer on Irish farms over past decade

FARM families have been asked not to let their guard down in relation to the dangers of quad bikes – and especially so as regards children Galwa...

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Amateur snappers invited to capture joys of the woods

AMATEUR photographers who enjoy a ramble in the woods have been invited to take part in the Teagasc Annual Forest Photo competition which opened la...


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