Anthony O'Toole

Opinion: Mercosur has become a symbol of broken trust

The trade deal goes ahead and won't shut down farming, but calling it bad faith to oppose Mercosur is a misunderstanding of the failing relationship between food producers and the European Commission.

OPINION 9 January 2026

Opinion: Mercosur has become a symbol of broken trust

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New flour mill will want Irish wheat

New flour mill will want Irish wheat

NEWS 8 January 2026

AgNav needs tillage farmers - Teagasc

AgNav needs tillage farmers - Teagasc

NEWS 7 January 2026

'New year, new you' talks in Askamore

'New year, new you' talks in Askamore

'New year, new you' talks in Askamore

NEWS 1 January 2026

Teenager dies in Clare tractor accident

Teenager dies in Clare tractor accident

Teenager dies in Clare tractor accident

NEWS 28 December 2025

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Try your hand at the 2025 Irish Farmers Journal/Macra know your agriculture quiz

Try your hand at the 2025 Irish Farmers Journal/Macra know your agriculture quiz

In October, Macra teams from across the country met in Rosscarbery to contest the 2025 Irish Farmers Journal/Macra know your agriculture quiz. Here's your chance to try your hand.

NEWS 13 December 2025

Opinion: Heydon's first year sailed through mostly calm waters

Opinion: Heydon's first year sailed through mostly calm waters

Martin Heydon described becoming the Minister for Agriculture as the "dream job" for a Kildare farmer-come-politician. But how has his first year in office been?

NEWS 13 December 2025

Farming in the Holy Land is a daily struggle

Farming in the Holy Land is a daily struggle

Doha Musa is a farmer in the West Bank in Palestine. Her life is one that makes Mercosur, CAP reform and the nitrates directive seem trivial.

NEWS 13 December 2025

Independent Ireland to hold anti-Mercosur protest in Athlone

Independent Ireland to hold anti-Mercosur protest in Athlone

The national event against the trade deal between the EU and the South American trading bloc will take place on Saturday 10 January in Athlone.

NEWS 13 December 2025

Rural revolt on Mercosur

Rural revolt on Mercosur

MEPs, backbench TDs, government independents and all opposition parties are united in calling for the government to oppose Mercosur

NEWS 13 December 2025

Beet Ireland wound up by directors

Beet Ireland wound up by directors

The company, formed 15 years ago to revive sugar beet processing, effectively ended activity six years ago.

NEWS 13 December 2025

Opinion: CAP, not Mercosur or nitrates, will determine viability of farming

Opinion: CAP, not Mercosur or nitrates, will determine viability of farming

Next week's CAP protest is about the brass tacks issue of funding for farmers across the next 10 years, but Micheál Martin and the Irish Government are walking a fine line in Brussels these days.

OPINION 13 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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