It’s been a good week for…

  • Weanling sales, as good farmer and exporter demand is keeping the mart trade steady for quality weanlings.
  • A design engineer, who received €15,000 in compensation after being unfairly dismissed on the grounds of his speech impediment.
  • Students, as Bord Bia spent the week handing out free potatoes at universities in order to engage more younger people with the vegetable and promote national potato day.
  • The Hearne family, who won the NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards for 2019. The winners were announced at a ceremony in the RDS on Wednesday 2 October.

    • It's been a bad week for...

  • Cattle farmers, as some 2,222 cattle have been stolen in the last 10 years, according to official Department of Agriculture records.
  • The National Dairy Council, which has had a TV advertisement pulled by the Advertising Standards Authority for "misleading" information.

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  • Eamon Ryan, as the Green Party leader has had his suggestion of reintroducing wolves to Ireland dismissed by Minister Josephina Madegan.
  • Janusz Wojciechowski, as the potential Agricultural Commissioner had to repay €11,243 in travel expenses following an inquiry by the EU's anti-fraud agency.

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