Weather forecast

Dry at first in many areas, however rain along eastern coastal parts will gradually move across the country during the course of the day. The rain persistent and heavy at times, but parts of the southwest may hold dry until evening time. Highest temperatures of 14 to 19 degrees in mostly light to moderate easterly or variable breezes.

In the news

  • Some 24 farmers and one agricultural contractor were fined in the Revenue Commissioners' first quarter of 2017 tax defaulter list.

  • Sale agreed on chicken processor Manor Farm with Swedish chicken processing company Scandi Standard announcing that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the firm.

  • In a further twist to the Brazilian meat scandal, the country’s president Michel Temer has been charged with corruption
  • Watch: Rúnar Bjarnason milks 65 native Icelandic cows on his 400ha farm, Reykir á Skeidum, near Selfoss town in western Iceland.
  • Some inspectors are gaining a reputation for being “draconian in their interpretation of the rules” and being “unreasonable”, the IFA has claimed.
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  • ICSA fears of the next CAP for farmers
  • What’s on today

  • Teagasc/ Irish Farmers Journal Crops and Cultivation Open Day and Demo. Oakpark, Co Carlow.
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