Birds
Rachel Donovan on 22 Oct 2021
Three-month suspended sentence for dead buzzards
A Laois farmer pleaded guilty to a breach of the Wildlife Acts when two dead buzzards were found strung up on his land.
Rachel Donovan on 19 Oct 2021
€3,000 fine for hedgerow and scrub woodland destruction
A conviction and fine was handed down to a Galway man, farming in Co Tipperary, for two offences under the Wildlife Acts
Caoimhe Harney on 18 Oct 2021
Farmer fined €4,000 for hedgerow destruction
The farmer said he was not aware of the requirements and had commissioned the work to take place during the bird nesting season.
Stephen Robb on 13 Oct 2021
Nine start-ups selected for UCD agtech programme
Stephen Robb profiles the nine start-up companies selected to take part in UCD’s new AgTechUCD Agccelerator Programme.
Bill O'Keeffe on 06 Oct 2021
Farmer Writes: biodiversity can be enhanced with a profitable farm business
Bill O'Keeffe's early starts this week came with the unexpected bonus of a close encounter with a barn owl on one of the fence posts beside the roadway.
Stephen Robb on 29 Sep 2021
Land designation preventing renewable energy projects – INHFA
Land designation has prevented some renewable projects from being developed according to Vincent Roddy, president of the INHFA.
Stephen Robb on 22 Sep 2021
Nine start-ups selected for UCD ag-tech and food-tech accelerator programme
Nine start-up companies have been selected to take part in University College Dublin’s new AgTechUCD Agccelerator Programme.
Stephen Robb on 15 Sep 2021
From the Tramlines: spring beans slow to mature in the north
This week, Stephen Robb talks to growers from counties Down, Derry and Kerry where growers are waiting for the spring bean harvest to begin.
Declan O'Brien on 15 Sep 2021
Poultry farmers continuing to get birds supplied to Manor Farms
Labour shortages are a real problem for the poultry industry at the moment, according to the IFA poultry chair.
Phelim O'Neill on 13 Sep 2021
Poultry – a cocktail of opportunity and challenge
Poultry production is concentrated in Ulster where it typically is run alongside another farming enterprise to sustain a second income
Peter McCann on 08 Sep 2021
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
Noel Bardon on 01 Sep 2021
Sustainability of bird hunting under scrutiny of Minister Noonan
Minister Malcolm Noonan has questioned the impacts of an opening of the hunting season for birds of conservation concern.
Derek Robinson on 25 Aug 2021
Farmer Writes: The farming majority neither seen nor heard
Thousands of farmers consistently churn out affordable, nutritious and healthy food, but rarely feature on TV shows, writes Derek Robinson.
Amy Forde on 18 Aug 2021
Farmers ‘disgusted’ at Lough Funshinagh flood works injunction
A number of homes and over 150ac of farmland have been flooded over the last number of years around the turlough and in June relief works began to alleviate flooding.
David Wright on 18 Aug 2021
DAERA report links January bird flu cases together
At the start of the year a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was confirmed on farms in Clough, Co Antrim and outside Lisburn.
Caoimhe Harney on 18 Aug 2021
Farmers asked to help with the reintroduction of eagles
Some 21 white-tailed eagle chicks have been released into the wild in Munster.
The Dealer on 11 Aug 2021
IFA squirrel bounty for the birds
The primary technique used to control American mink and the grey squirrel is live trapping, with the IFA calling for a €40,000 bounty in the budget for them.
Ellen Durkin on 02 Aug 2021
Dexter cattle to be introduced at Áras an Uachtaráin
Set on 130ac in the Phoenix Park, the grounds are already home to two Connemara ponies and a range of bee hives.
Amy Forde on 31 Jul 2021
Corncrake numbers increase to highest level in five years
Corncrake officer with the NPWS Liam Loftus said that the outlook for the corncrake is looking good in the core areas of Mayo, Galway and Donegal.
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on 17 Jul 2021
New bird flu vaccine puts the chicken before the egg
The vaccine has been developed to be created using cells rather than the traditional flu vaccines made in chicken eggs.