Weather forecast
Met Éireann forecasts that today will be mild, cloudy and breezy. Scattered outbreaks of rain this morning in southwestern, western and northwestern counties will be followed by more persistent rain developing there this afternoon and becoming heavy. It will be mostly dry in midland, eastern and southern areas but there will be some patchy rain in the south.
Afternoon temperatures will range from 12 to 15°C, in fresh and gusty southerly winds, strong on western and northwestern coasts.
It will become breezy and wet countrywide tonight with a spell of heavy rain in all areas for a time. A clearance to scattered showers will follow eastwards later in the night, with the rain clearing eastern coasts around dawn. It will turn cooler as the fresh and gusty southerly winds veer westerly. Lowest temperatures will range from 6°C to 9°C.
In the news today
On Thursday FBD shareholders approved plans that will see the co-op Farmer Business Developments acquire the other half of the hotels portfolio held jointly with the insurance company FBD Holdings.A second arrest was made last night in relation to the theft of 100 animals worth in excess of €100,000 in Kilbeggan in June..
Plus, IFA president Eddie Downey and dairy chairman Sean O’Leary met with Glanbia chairman Henry Corbally and GII CEO Jim Bergin to voice the serious anger expressed by dairy farmers at current milk prices. Coming up on farmersjournal.ie and on the app
We look into the outcomes of Thursday’s Council of EU Agriculture Ministers in LuxemburgUpdates from the UCD Knowledge Transfer ConferenceWhat's on today
Driving Farm Innovation through Knowledge Transfer conference, UCDTo see the full calendar of events for this month, click here
To keep up to date with farming news all day, every day, download the Irish Farmers Journal app today.
Weather forecast
Met Éireann forecasts that today will be mild, cloudy and breezy. Scattered outbreaks of rain this morning in southwestern, western and northwestern counties will be followed by more persistent rain developing there this afternoon and becoming heavy. It will be mostly dry in midland, eastern and southern areas but there will be some patchy rain in the south.
Afternoon temperatures will range from 12 to 15°C, in fresh and gusty southerly winds, strong on western and northwestern coasts.
It will become breezy and wet countrywide tonight with a spell of heavy rain in all areas for a time. A clearance to scattered showers will follow eastwards later in the night, with the rain clearing eastern coasts around dawn. It will turn cooler as the fresh and gusty southerly winds veer westerly. Lowest temperatures will range from 6°C to 9°C.
In the news today
On Thursday FBD shareholders approved plans that will see the co-op Farmer Business Developments acquire the other half of the hotels portfolio held jointly with the insurance company FBD Holdings.A second arrest was made last night in relation to the theft of 100 animals worth in excess of €100,000 in Kilbeggan in June..
Plus, IFA president Eddie Downey and dairy chairman Sean O’Leary met with Glanbia chairman Henry Corbally and GII CEO Jim Bergin to voice the serious anger expressed by dairy farmers at current milk prices. Coming up on farmersjournal.ie and on the app
We look into the outcomes of Thursday’s Council of EU Agriculture Ministers in LuxemburgUpdates from the UCD Knowledge Transfer ConferenceWhat's on today
Driving Farm Innovation through Knowledge Transfer conference, UCDTo see the full calendar of events for this month, click here
To keep up to date with farming news all day, every day, download the Irish Farmers Journal app today.
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