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TB is entangled in culture, history and social realities

Personal experience and that of fellow-farmers encountered when he was Macra president, drove Nuffield Ireland scholar John Keane to research solutions to the problem of TB prevalence in Ireland.

OPINION 23 December 2025

TB is entangled in culture, history and social realities

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Money Mentor: Christmas has hit me harder than I expected

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MONEY MENTOR 23 December 2025

Home Nurse: how to reset your digestive system after Christmas

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Spilling the tea with Maître D'

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NEWS 23 December 2025

Gardening with Paul: win points with your poinsettia

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GARDENING 23 December 2025

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Desperate Farmhusband: ‘I like to think I’m progressive – but I'm old fashioned'

Desperate Farmhusband: ‘I like to think I’m progressive – but I'm old fashioned'

Between worrying milk price predictions, slow TAMS grant applications and personal health challenges, our Desperate Farmhusband can only guess as to how 2026 might look.

L2 17 December 2025

Camera at the Mart: prices defy factory quotes at Keady

Camera at the Mart: prices defy factory quotes at Keady

Beef cattle remain in strong demand at Keady Mart, reports David Clarke.

NORTHERN IRELAND 17 December 2025

Opinion: Why are some technologies readily adopted and not others?

Opinion: Why are some technologies readily adopted and not others?

Habit is also a very powerful factor that militates against change. Many farmers simply like having a bull and are reluctant to take up the spreadsheet instead.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Dear Miriam: how can I get out of hosting my bully brother for Christmas?

Dear Miriam: how can I get out of hosting my bully brother for Christmas?

A reader in Co Cork seeks Miriam's counsel on how to uninvite her brother and his family from spending Christmas in her new home due to a difficult childhood relationship between them both.

ASK MIRIAM 17 December 2025

Money Mentor: how to prepare for the cost of auto-enrolment

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The costs and options involved for employers and the impact of auto-enrolment on your business.

MONEY MENTOR 17 December 2025

Classic TV shows we’d all watch until the cows come home

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Tales of Irish rural life proved popular for decades on Irish television – they entertained while chronicling the social changes farming families faced.

L2 17 December 2025

Ireland needs to up its game on beef marketing

Ireland needs to up its game on beef marketing

How do we future-proof Irish beef in an era of globalisation, falling EU production and the looming Mercosur deal? Asks Nuffield scholar Michael Martin.

OPINION 17 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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