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Planning go-ahead is given for an airstrip on agricultural lands at Carrowntryla

A NORTH Galway airstrip on agricultural lands has been given the go ahead despite there being some opposition. The...

‘Lurching gangs’ a menace on farms

FARMERS in North Galway and South Mayo have come together to highlight the issue of gangs encroaching onto their land...

Farmers have a critical role to play in improving Ireland’s water quality

By SINÉAD DEVANEY “ALL sectors of Irish agriculture will have to implement practice change to achieve the desired ...

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ACRES farmers are ‘just sick’ of scheme

FARMERS ‘are just sick of ACRES’ with all its bureaucracy and complications, according to Conamara’s National IFA Hill Farming Chair, Cáilín Connee...

Teagasc’s six pillar strategy to ensure better water quality

TEAGASC has now a ‘six-pillar campaign’ in place to deliver major improvements in the quality of Irish water over the coming years. While 54% of...

Mercosur deal will decimate farming

THE finalisation of the Mercosur trade deal between the EU and four South American countries has the potential to ‘decimate’ both the Irish and Eur...

Payment delays in ACRES now up 3 years

CLOSE on 200 farmers in the ACRES Co-operative (CP) scheme have received no payments at all since the start of the project nearly three years ago, ...

Storm Bert put the cattle in – overnight!

“STORM Bert put the cattle in” – that’s how North Galway weather man, Brendan Geraghty, summed up the great outdoors for the 11th month of 2024. ...

No farming tears at Green Party’s election demise

GALWAY IFA Chair Stephen Canavan said this week that farmers wouldn’t be ‘shedding any tears’ at the demise of the Green Party in last week’s Gener...


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Planning go-ahead is given for an airstrip on agricultural lands at Carrowntryla
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