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Portumna Mart given until Monday to prove credit issues are sorted
Rachel Donovan
Court hears that Portumna Mart went from being in a deficit of €1.6m to a surplus of €140,000.
10 May 2025 News
Dairygold's concerned shareholders committee responds to legal letter
The committee of the Concerned Dairygold Shareholders have responded to the letter sent to them from Dairygold's legal advisers.
7 May 2025 News
Cork farm sale halted by court injunction
Justice Mulcahy has granted an injunction to a Cork farming couple against the sale of farmland on behalf of a vulture fund, but will allow the sale of forestry land to proceed.
Bandon Mart to face court hearing
Cork Marts CEO Jonathan O’Sullivan confirmed to the Irish Farmers Journal that a file on Bandon Mart had been sent to the chief state solicitors office.
7 May 2025 News
Co-ops and pig farms on EPA national priority site list for 2024
The system uses performance-based indicators to rank industrial and waste licensed sites in order of priority for enforcement with scores assigned under environmental performance and compliance.
24 April 2025 Climate and environment
Mayo farm company fined €4,000 for polluting river
Fine, costs and expenses totalling €4,000 were imposed following the incident on 26 October 2023.
23 April 2025 News
Limerick group at odds with biogas developer
The group claims that the details of the public information event on the proposed AD plant were vague, but the developer said it welcomed many local residents at the event.
21 April 2025 News
Tobroco Giant wins Chinese copying lawsuit at Bauma show
Loader manufacturer Tobroco Giant has won a lawsuit against a Chinese manufacturer that displayed an unauthorised copy of its Giant G2700 loader at Bauma 2025.
17 April 2025 News
High Court judge awards injunction to stop sale of Cork farmland
Justice Siobhán Stack found that the injunction on the farm in Bohernascrub, Buttevant, Co Cork, valued at approximately €2m, should be extended while the legal dispute is ongoing.
16 April 2025 News
Uisce Éireann fined over €9,000 for sewage pollution in Cavan
The water utility was found to have committed a water pollution breach at a court case in Cavan District Court on 7 February.
9 April 2025 Climate and environment
Father and son fined €4,000 for possession of fraudulent horse passports
The solicitor said the firm slaughtered approximately 20,000 horses for export before losing its licence last year. David Raleigh reports.
4 April 2025 News
Man previously guilty of cattle theft assaulted sister in row over land
In the witness box, Mr O’Brien (50) of Prospect House, Scarriff, admitted to shoving his sister into a roadside whitethorn bush that cut her ear and her arm. Gordon Deegan reports.
4 April 2025 News