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Editorial: more time needed for Nature Restoration Plan engagement

Farm organisations have addressed very valid concerns around the rollout of the current draft plan.

VIEWPOINTS 10 June 2026

Editorial: more time needed for Nature Restoration Plan engagement

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Dempsey at Large: measuring reality

Dempsey at Large: measuring reality

VIEWPOINTS 10 June 2026

Home Farm: rain postpones silage and paperwork looms

Home Farm: rain postpones silage and paperwork looms

VIEWPOINTS 10 June 2026

Colm McCarthy: Policy silos are leading to housing sprawl

Colm McCarthy: Policy silos are leading to housing sprawl

Colm McCarthy: Policy silos are leading to housing sprawl

VIEWPOINTS 10 June 2026

Editorial: record calf prices in 2026 should come with a note of caution

Editorial: record calf prices in 2026 should come with a note of caution

Editorial: record calf prices in 2026 should come with a note of caution

VIEWPOINTS 10 June 2026

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Editorial: factory beef prices vs retail prices

Editorial: factory beef prices vs retail prices

While factories have been quick to point to demand issues and chills being full of beef, the reality is there is very little transparency around any of these claims.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Editorial: Brazilian beef ban

Editorial: Brazilian beef ban

In the derogation, a food service establishment doesn’t have to declare where the meat they are serving originates from.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Editorial: CAP supports critical to future of farming

Editorial: CAP supports critical to future of farming

The top 20% of claimants under BISS received 53% of the payments in 2025.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Dempsey at Large: the sewage options

Dempsey at Large: the sewage options

The present system of disposal is hugely unsatisfactory from a variety of points of view.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Colm McCarthy: Ireland’s aviation success story

Colm McCarthy: Ireland’s aviation success story

Politicians have not lost their fascination with subsidising regional airports.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Editorial: beef trade blues

Editorial: beef trade blues

Both factories and retailers have been able to protect their margins through a combination of reducing prices at the factory gate and increasing prices on shop shelves.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Editorial: tractor safety week didn’t end last week

Editorial: tractor safety week didn’t end last week

"As a teenager, you think you are invincible, and sitting behind the steering wheel of a 100HP+ tractor only adds to that sense of invincibility."

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

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National Dairy Council bridging the urban-rural divide through school farm visit

Kildare dairy farmer welcomed students as part of a National Dairy Council initiative, which saw 1,500 pupils across Ireland visit working dairy farms during May.

National Dairy Council bridging the urban-rural divide through school farm visit

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