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Cabinet to approve two new vet schools
Anne O'Donoghue
Speaking at the National Ploughing Championships, Taoiseach Simon Harris said there would be more than one new vet school and they would be outside Dublin.
11 September 2024 News
Straw making between €25 and €35
"Straw is making €40/bale in some places, but I wouldn't like to do that to anybody," a tillage farmer from Co Carlow told the Irish Farmers Journal.
11 September 2024 Ploughing Championships
Irish ploughmen do the double on the world stage
Eamonn Tracey and Jer Coakley, who won gold at the World Ploughing Contest last month, reflect on their ploughing journeys to date, Grace Hoare reports.
Preparations 'taking shape' ahead of Ploughing 2024
Ploughing 2024 will take place from 17 to 19 September in Ratheniska, Co Laois, with over 300 competitors preparing to plough over the three days.
3 September 2024 News
Agri jobs: farm manager wanted at Carlow rehabilitation facility
A wide variety of sectors are looking for new recruits in Munster and the midlands.
31 August 2024 News
Tractor driver airlifted to hospital following serious crash
The collision took place shortly before 10am on Thursday 29 August on the R488 at Rathvinden in Leighlinbridge.
30 August 2024 News
Deluge of rain forces farmers to house cattle
A yellow rain warning was in place for Clare, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Leitrim, Mayo, and Sligo from 10pm Monday night until 7am Tuesday.
28 August 2024 News
Camera at the Mart: buyers battle it out for top lots in Borris
Adam Woods reports from the second annual sale of hoggets and ewe lambs held in Borris Mart, Co Carlow, at the weekend.
28 August 2024 Markets
Solar sows discontent in Carlow community
Stephen Robb reports from a community meeting in Carlow where residents have mixed views about proposals for a solar farm in their area.
14 August 2024 News
Calls to grade land for solar farm locations
The move would confine solar farm developments to land less suitable for primary agricultural activity.
14 August 2024 Renewables
Clonagh Hazel Eyes follows in mother's footsteps to claim national title
Nevan McKiernan reports from the Simmental ring at the FBD National Livestock Show in Tullamore last Sunday.
12 August 2024 Pedigree
Combining 550 organic ewes and tillage in Carlow
Joe Nolan’s family-run farm is striving to operate as a self-sustained unit with a growing tillage enterprise providing feed for the ewe flock and sales outside the farm.
7 August 2024 News