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Letter outlining challenges farmers are facing
Letters to the Editor
"Decision-makers in the comfort of their heated offices must listen to the voices of farmers on the ground and show greater flexibility in these challenging times" - Patrick O’Connor, Tipperary.
Letter outlining challenges farmers are facing
Letter about ACRES hedge planting rules
10 April 2024 Letters
Letter about ACRES hedge planting rules
"Changes to ACRES hedge planting rules" - Harry O'Grady, Co Limerick.
Letter regarding planned Diageo brewery
10 April 2024 Letters
Letter regarding planned Diageo brewery
"I believe that a thriving and growing malting barley industry and brewing will play a key role in securing the survival of the tillage sector in Ireland" - Kieran McEvoy, IFA national grain chair.
Letter re Diageo's proposed brewery in Newbridge
"In my opinion, there does not appear to be any logic to the court action, which begs a bigger question, why?" - Liam Dunne, malting barley grower Bray House, Athy, Co Kildare.
3 April 2024 Letters
Letter regarding Diageo's proposed brewery in Newbridge
"Diageo’s new brewery will be Newbridge or nowhere in Ireland" - Martin Heydon, TD, Minister of State, Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine.
3 April 2024 Letters
Letter about the cost of plastic recycling
"Check the weights - bale wrap recycling cost increase" - Joseph Lynch, by email.
27 March 2024 Viewpoints
Letter with observation on farming
"The banker v the Irish farmer" - Maud O'Callaghan, Feddans, Carrick-on-Suir, Co Waterford.
27 March 2024 Letters
Diary note: BSAS annual conference in Belfast
The British Society of Animal Science’s (BSAS) annual conference is set to take place in Belfast from 9 to 11April 2024, coinciding with the society's 80th anniversary celebrations.
27 March 2024 Letters
Letter regarding ACRES planting
"Time to think about the importance of windbreaks for cattle husbandry" - Ger Roarty, Co Donegal.
27 March 2024 Letters
DAERA wasting tax payers’ money on bovine TB
Letter to the NI Editor: From Edward Carson, Downpatrick, Co Down
27 March 2024 Northern Ireland
Letter highlighting risks in farming
"Weather risk can be managed" - Declan O'Connor, senior lecturer, Munster Technological University.
20 March 2024 Letters
Letter urging balance in addressing biodiversity
"Make biodiversity restoration fair" - Judy Bryant, Killoughey IFA
20 March 2024 Letters