Weather forecast

Met Éireann is forecasting that it will be mild and misty this morning, with some hill and coastal fog. There will be outbreaks of rain, which will clear eastwards in the afternoon and evening.

Temperatures will range from 12°C to 14°C and there will be fresh southwesterly winds.

In the news

  • A new report has highlighted the need for continued Government support for young farmers and mechanisms to be put in place for older farmers to retire.
  • Police are appealing for help after several hundred sheep were stolen in Co. Down.
  • Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier has made it clear that the UK won’t be able to cherry-pick the parts of the EU single market that they want to retain.
  • According to the ICSA president Patrick Kent, the tillage sector is in “dire straits”.
  • Coming up on www.farmersjournal.ie

  • News from the Global Dairy Trade
  • Farmer writes: we’re facing a fodder crisis
  • What’s on today

    To find out more about events near you, visit our agri-events calendar.