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€22m National Sheep Welfare Scheme launched

The scheme offers payment of up to €13 per ewe in return for completion of three actions with the application deadline on 15 May 2026.

NEWS 1 April 2026

€22m National Sheep Welfare Scheme launched

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Farm Tech Talk: contractor costs, beef trade, bluetongue and merger update

Farm Tech Talk: contractor costs, beef trade, bluetongue and merger update

NEWS 27 March 2026

European Wool Experience: celebrating Irish and European wool culture

European Wool Experience: celebrating Irish and European wool culture

NEWS 25 March 2026

Farm Tech Talk: beef pressure, lamb trade and TB in New Zealand

Farm Tech Talk: beef pressure, lamb trade and TB in New Zealand

Farm Tech Talk: beef pressure, lamb trade and TB in New Zealand

PODCAST 20 March 2026

Galway business determined to change perception of Irish wool

Galway business determined to change perception of Irish wool

Galway business determined to change perception of Irish wool

NEWS 20 March 2026

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Sheep flock wiped out in dog attack

Sheep flock wiped out in dog attack

The attack, which took place on the Longford/Leitrim border, saw just one ewe and a handful of lambs unharmed in a devastating mauling.

NEWS 9 March 2026

UK shearing crisis averted as tightening of visas for foreign shearers delayed

UK shearing crisis averted as tightening of visas for foreign shearers delayed

A temporary visa concession has paved the way for 75 foreign shearers to return to UK for summer shearing as they had planned.

NEWS 9 March 2026

13 lambs killed after their necks were ‘deliberately broken’

13 lambs killed after their necks were ‘deliberately broken’

The incident occurred between Friday evening and Saturday morning.

NEWS 9 March 2026

Farm Tech Talk: input prices, bluetongue and dairy co-ops

Farm Tech Talk: input prices, bluetongue and dairy co-ops

On this week’s Farm Tech Talk, the team discuss bluetongue vaccines, coop mergers, lambing, field work and the impact of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East on input prices.

PODCAST 9 March 2026

In pictures: in-lamb ewes average over €175 at Blackface sale

In pictures: in-lamb ewes average over €175 at Blackface sale

There was keen demand at Sunday’s Connemara/Mayo Blackface Breeding Group Sale in Maam Cross with yearling ewe hoggets also selling briskly and averaging at over €150 per head.

PEDIGREE 9 March 2026

Joseph Scahill wins 2026 Golden Shears world intermediate shearing title

Joseph Scahill wins 2026 Golden Shears world intermediate shearing title

Irish shearers excelled among the world’s elite shearers at last week’s Golden Shears world shearing championships held n Masterton, New Zealand.

NEWS 9 March 2026

UK visa clampdown could see 1.5m sheep left unshorn this summer

UK visa clampdown could see 1.5m sheep left unshorn this summer

The UK's National Sheep Association has warned a shortage of overseas shearers could increase the risk of flystrike and lower growth rates.

NEWS 9 March 2026

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BVD – the silent risk that still remains

Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.

BVD – the silent risk that still remains

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