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Editorial: EU recall of Brazilian hormone beef undermines promises

The EU Commission has always lauded its strong record on controls and checks on product coming into the EU market.

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Editorial: EU recall of Brazilian hormone beef undermines promises

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Dempsey at Large: TB control - more of the same

Dempsey at Large: TB control - more of the same

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Home Farm: starting our solar journey

Home Farm: starting our solar journey

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Editorial: fresh conditions attached to derogation

Editorial: fresh conditions attached to derogation

Editorial: fresh conditions attached to derogation

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Editorial: Teagasc outlook positive but clouds on horizon

Editorial: Teagasc outlook positive but clouds on horizon

Editorial: Teagasc outlook positive but clouds on horizon

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

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Editorial: bluetongue - vigilance needed

Editorial: bluetongue - vigilance needed

All veterinary and scientific advice, including those on import and export of animals, must be followed to the letter to contain the disease.

VIEWPOINTS 26 November 2025

Colm McCarthy: predictions for future population growth

Colm McCarthy: predictions for future population growth

The State will have to find revenue elsewhere, and fairly soon if the corporation tax bonanza begins to dry up.

VIEWPOINTS 26 November 2025

Colm McCarthy: interconnectors supplementing our energy needs

Colm McCarthy: interconnectors supplementing our energy needs

Some of the power coming from the socket in your home or business is nuclear electricity – the electrons which buzz along the grid do not carry birth certificates.

VIEWPOINTS 26 November 2025

Editorial: Carrick Winter Fair a huge success

Editorial: Carrick Winter Fair a huge success

The biggest highlight of all was the number of young people involved in all aspects of the sale

VIEWPOINTS 26 November 2025

Editorial: schemes – empty promises

Editorial: schemes – empty promises

It is nothing short of disingenuous for political parties and Government ministers to promise farmers increased payment rates pre-election, only to retract those commitments after the fact.

VIEWPOINTS 26 November 2025

Editorial: Brazil exposed – the fallout continues

Editorial: Brazil exposed – the fallout continues

There simply isn’t similar standards being applied to Brazilian beef production and getting them up to that level will be a long and laborious process.

VIEWPOINTS 26 November 2025

Dempsey at Large: ingredients for EU food and drink exports

Dempsey at Large: ingredients for EU food and drink exports

It’s hard to see the unwinding of the Mercosur deal, but we should at least press for food and drink sold within the EU and exported under an EU label to be made from EU ingredients.

VIEWPOINTS 26 November 2025

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