Weather forecast

It will be close and very humid today. A misty, cloudy start, with patches of drizzle and fog, but these will become confined to parts of the southwest and south coasts this morning. Some hazy sunshine will develop, but the drizzle and fog will become more widespread over Connacht and parts of Munster this afternoon and evening.

Top temperatures 18°C to 24°C.

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It will stay close and very humid tonight. It will also be misty and mostly cloudy, with drizzle and fog becoming fairly widespread. Some persistent rain too, mainly in Atlantic coastal counties. Lowest temperatures 15°C to 18°C.

In the news today

  • Fires broke out at two dairy processing plants this past weekend: Carbery in Ballineen, Co Cork and Lakeland in Killashandra, Co Cavan.
  • The Angus All-Ireland champion title is going to Co Cork.
  • Farm property was among stolen items recovered by gardaí in Meath.
  • We have exclusive details of the money spent by Eirgrid so far on the North-South Interconnector ahead of a planning decision on the project this month.
  • A new company is entering the abattoir business in Northern Ireland, and this could be good news for farmers in the Republic too.
  • Coming up today on www.farmersjournal.ie

  • Dairy trends update.
  • We report from the European conference taking place in Cork on the future of the rural development policy.
  • Dairy management.
  • Beef trends update.
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