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MEPs slap down CBAM emergency clause

The proposed emergency clause would have allowed the European Commission to temporarily suspend the application of carbon border adjustment mechanism in exceptional circumstances.

NEWS 20 September 2026

MEPs slap down CBAM emergency clause

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Draft of Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan submitted to Brussels

Draft of Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan submitted to Brussels

NEWS 16 September 2026

Ornua board heading State-side

Ornua board heading State-side

NEWS 16 September 2026

McCabe takes aim at the scale obsession

McCabe takes aim at the scale obsession

McCabe takes aim at the scale obsession

FEATURE 16 September 2026

Contractors call for extension of fuel support scheme

Contractors call for extension of fuel support scheme

Contractors call for extension of fuel support scheme

NEWS 16 September 2026

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On-farm milk revenues collapse by €615m - ICMSA

On-farm milk revenues collapse by €615m - ICMSA

The ICMSA forecasts that dairy incomes could nosedive by a whopping €1bn for the year as a whole.

NEWS 6 September 2026

Macra calls for €5m succession scheme

Macra calls for €5m succession scheme

Macra is proposing support of €50,000 for 100 farms, with €25,000 provided to the incoming young farmer and €25,000 to the exiting farmer.

NEWS 6 September 2026

Farmers cannot be sacrificed for an EU budget deal - Gorman

Farmers cannot be sacrificed for an EU budget deal - Gorman

IFA president Franice Gorman told a Claremorris meeting that EU budget cuts could cost Irish farmers €400m each year over the term of the next CAP.

NEWS 6 September 2026

Battle for fertiliser funding

Battle for fertiliser funding

There is growing pressure to nail down the additional funding ahead of the Budget.

NEWS 6 September 2026

Farmers in €30m fertiliser top-up race

Farmers in €30m fertiliser top-up race

A national top for the Fertiliser Support Scheme will have to be secured ahead of the Budget.

NEWS 6 September 2026

AHI assessing voluntary IBR programme

AHI assessing voluntary IBR programme

AHI chair James Lynch said the organisation was 'seeing how we might progress a voluntary IBR programme'.

NEWS 6 September 2026

Renewed vaccination calls as shippers dominate weanling sales

Renewed vaccination calls as shippers dominate weanling sales

Farmer representatives and mart managers double down on calls for farmers to vaccinate and dose weanlings prior to sales.

NEWS 6 September 2026

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Patrick and Valerie Sheehy: building better cows from day one

Achieving average weaning weights of 112kg doesn’t happen by accident. For Patrick and Valerie, it starts with calf management, high-quality nutrition and investing heavily in the first 70 days

Patrick and Valerie Sheehy: building better cows from day one

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