Noel Bardon

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Support grows among Irish MEPs for axing entitlements

Barry Cowen MEP has said that entitlement-based payments should be kept into the next CAP 'where needed', as his fellow MEPs are supporting a major shake up in the distribution of CAP funds.

NEWS 9 July 2026

Support grows among Irish MEPs for axing entitlements

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EU budget scramble to avoid 2028 scheme limbo

EU budget scramble to avoid 2028 scheme limbo

NEWS 8 July 2026

What way is your MEP looking to steer future farm payments?

What way is your MEP looking to steer future farm payments?

NEWS 8 July 2026

Taoiseach flags budget talks as key challenge for EU presidency

Taoiseach flags budget talks as key challenge for EU presidency

Taoiseach flags budget talks as key challenge for EU presidency

NEWS 7 July 2026

Dairy farmers find no success in appealing Revenue VAT claim-back refusals

Dairy farmers find no success in appealing Revenue VAT claim-back refusals

Dairy farmers find no success in appealing Revenue VAT claim-back refusals

NEWS 6 July 2026

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Lead MEP wants to lift the limit on CAP money

Lead MEP wants to lift the limit on CAP money

Frontloading should play a greater role in the CAP, according to MEPs' head CAP negotiator.

NEWS 24 June 2026

What tools could the next CAP have for young farmers?

What tools could the next CAP have for young farmers?

The Commission wants member states to pay young farmers top ups in the scheme that is to replace, as well as consider installation aid, in the next CAP.

NEWS 24 June 2026

Mixed reviews from farmers after first outing of Bord Bia’s new forum

Mixed reviews from farmers after first outing of Bord Bia’s new forum

A meeting of Bord Bia's farmer forum on Monday discussed the organisation’s role, farm assurance schemes and market promotion.

NEWS 24 June 2026

Young Stock Podcast: job that mixes mart sales with drawing up land leases

Young Stock Podcast: job that mixes mart sales with drawing up land leases

Noel Bardon chats with Elliott Potterton, the Meath man balancing duties in Delvin Mart with his role in the family property auctioneer business.

NEWS 24 June 2026

England's TB policy group sees cattle vaccines deployed as soon as 2030

England's TB policy group sees cattle vaccines deployed as soon as 2030

The group steering TB policy in England expects vaccines that reduce the disease's transmission to be available to cattle farmers within the next four years.

NEWS 24 June 2026

Senior garda voices frustration with fines as low as €250 for illegal hunting

Senior garda voices frustration with fines as low as €250 for illegal hunting

Superintendent Michael Corbett has said that a number of farmers have been attacked by trespassers and illegal hunters.

NEWS 24 June 2026

Vaccine stumbling block remains for live exports to Britain

Vaccine stumbling block remains for live exports to Britain

A recategorisation of bluetongue at EU-level will not ease cattle and sheep movement restrictions between Ireland and Britain.

NEWS 24 June 2026

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Take a ‘trip down memory lane’ at Sligo Folk Park along the Wild Atlantic Way

This heritage tourist attraction nestled in the heart of rural Sligo is a fun-filled day out for all the family, showcasing life as it would have been in the late-1800s to the mid-1900s.

Take a ‘trip down memory lane’ at Sligo Folk Park along the Wild Atlantic Way

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