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Letter re Tirlán vote on Friday
Letters to the Editor
"Vote no - a better deal will follow in due course. Remember Kildalton 2010." - Name and details with the editor.
2 October 2024 Letters
Letter regarding Tirlán vote this week
"I have shares in the drawer for years." - Name and details with the editor
2 October 2024 Letters
Letter re Arrabawn/Tipperary proposed merger
"Everyone knows that the writing is on the wall, despite us all wishing it wasn’t." - Thomas Burke, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co Galway.
Leaving Cert points system is biased
"A student attending a small remote school as on Tory or Arranmore islands cannot be expected to compete in a points race biased in favour of fee paying grind schools." - Ger Roarty, Co Donegal
25 September 2024 Letters
A warning to those considering planting forestry on their farms
"There is a liability to replant, thus permanently devaluing the land for all time." - Dickie Power, Friarstown, Kilmallock, Co Limerick.
18 September 2024 Opinion
Using native grains in Irish whiskey
"Barley doubling in price would only add cents to a bottle of whiskey or pint of beer/stout." - David Moore, Glencash Farm.
18 September 2024 Letters
Letter regarding forthcoming Tirlán changes
"They want us to vote to bring our ownership below 17%. How much below? 0% is below 17% - is that their intention?" - Michael Flynn, Rathgormack, Co Waterford
18 September 2024 Letters
Ensuring quality in crop nutrition for the agricultural community
"We are proud to say that 100% of Yara products tested by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) passed the analysis specification." - Jari Pentinmaki, VP Yara UK & Ireland
4 September 2024 Letters
Letter re star ratings for older cows
"Why are old cows disadvantaged in star rating?" - Anne Dunphy, Tintean, Ballinlough, Kill, Co Waterford
28 August 2024 Letters
Letter re plight of Irish tillage sector
"Irish grain goes unrecognised" - Ollie Whyte, Co Dublin
28 August 2024 Letters
Letter re veterinary medicine regulations
"Vets must show more respect to farmers" - Gerald Sheehan, Oakfield farm, Burnfort, Mallow, Co Cork
28 August 2024 Letters
Letter re ICBF stakeholder forum
"ICBF fiddles, as the suckler sector burns" - Emmanuel O'Dea, Irish Simmental Cattle Society
21 August 2024 Letters