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ACRES NPIs has opened this week for new applications

THE application window for Non-Productive Investments [NPIs] under the ACRES Co-operation Scheme opened this week wit...

Shock in farming circles at EU Commission proposals to stop support payments to OAPs

A LOCAL Fine Gael councillor has warned of ‘war in the countryside’ if the EU attempts to prevent old age pensioners ...

Better livestock prices, buoyant dairy sector and good weather: real boosts for farming in 2025

FARM income across all sectors is predicted to rise by an average of almost 40% in 2025 – as compared to last year – ...

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Remembering at last the forgotten farmers of 2008

“NOT gone . . . and not forgotten anymore either” – that’s the message this week for a cohort of ‘once young’ farmers who missed out on ‘Installati...

Minister called upon to restore full ANC monies

A RESTORATION of ANC payments to their pre-Celtic Tiger rates, was called for this week by Galway IFA Chairman, Stephen Canavan, when he led a dele...

Safety first is advice for all farmers

THE Health and Safety Authority [HSA] and the IFA have issued a joint appeal this week for farmers to put safety at the top of their priority list ...

Galway Wool to host fifth Annual Meitheal in Athenry

IT’S that time of year again when the Galway Wool Co-op hold their fifth Annual Meitheal on this coming Saturday, July 19, in the Athenry Livestock...

Don’t suffer in silence on issues of mental well-being

FARMERS experiencing mental health issues should not have to suffer in silence or feel restricted by any traditional stigmas attached to the condit...

Gabriel Byrne steals the show as top Texels went on view at Sheep25 in Athenry

HE might be a Dub but he was a famous farmhand too in his day – Pat Barry of The Riordans and Bracken fame – and last month he was called upon to p...


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ACRES NPIs has opened this week for new applications
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