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Opinion: operation transformation needed to help government find their figures
Pat O'Toole
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have maintained the policy commitments they made during the general election campaign, but the funding pledges to back them up have disappeared.
15 January 2025 News
Heydon tipped for agriculture
The Programme for Government is long on priorities, but contains no costings, as Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Regional Independents and the Healy Rae brothers strike their deal
15 January 2025 News
Scandals that rocked farming: 2009 emergency budget, horsemeat and fodder crisis
In the second week of our short series, we remember the swinging emergency budget of 2009, the horsemeat scandal, fodder crisis and the IFA's executive pay drama that gripped the nation
Opinion: fair food pricing may test CAP commitment of consumers
Will asking consumers to pay more for food cost farming public support for the Common Agricultural Policy?
11 January 2025 Opinion
Scandals that shook farming: beef blockade, foot and mouth and Irish sugar
Over the next three weeks, we will take a look at the 12 biggest shocks and scandals to rock Irish farming in the first quarter of the 21st century. Here are the first four, in chronological order.
8 January 2025 News
'The timing could be a lot worse' - Buckley
While the sheer volume of snow-over a foot on Sunday alone- has made life challenging in North Cork, the fact it has fallen in early January is a mitigating factor for Tadhg Buckley
8 January 2025 News
'The end of this chapter' - Carlow farmer sells his cows
Jamie Kealy will sell his award-winning dairy herd next Wednesday, and he explains why to Pat O'Toole.
8 January 2025 News
Try your farming knowledge in our quiz
The 2024 Macra/Irish Farmers Journal 'Know Your Agriculture' quiz took place in Naas in October. Try your luck with the questions to see how you get on.
4 January 2025 News
Opinion: political gongs for 2024
It's time to hand out the plaudits and brickbats for 2024, so who is getting their heart's desire and who has a lump of coal in their Christmas sock?
25 December 2024 Opinion
Kerry Co-op selects its Kerry Dairy Ireland directors
Kerry Co-op has chosen seven people to serve on the board of Kerry Dairy Ireland alongside representatives of Kerry Group plc, with a couple of external independent directors joining them too.
21 December 2024 News
Matt Dempsey among Seanad nominees
The former Irish Farmers Journal editor is among the 24 people nominated to contest the 11 seats on the Agricultural Panel.
20 December 2024 News
Opinion: Kerry may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
Monday's vote offers Kerry suppliers the opportunity to buy their dairy processor, but they need their fellow shareholders to vote with them in this deal.
14 December 2024 Opinion