Donegal

My Farming Week: Áine McColgan, Culkeeny, Malin, Co Donegal

Hailing from Donegal, Áine McColgan chats about her love for her pedigree Charolais', lambing and showing.

NEWS 27 May 2026

My Farming Week: Áine McColgan, Culkeeny, Malin, Co Donegal

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Sun and heat drive crop growth

Sun and heat drive crop growth

CROPS 27 May 2026

Donegal event to celebrate women in farming

Donegal event to celebrate women in farming

NEWS 23 May 2026

Donegal farmer named overall winner at Aurivo milk quality awards

Donegal farmer named overall winner at Aurivo milk quality awards

Donegal farmer named overall winner at Aurivo milk quality awards

NEWS 30 April 2026

Laverty up on the pitch and Down on the farm

Laverty up on the pitch and Down on the farm

Laverty up on the pitch and Down on the farm

DEALER 29 April 2026

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Maximising our upland farms and marginal land

Maximising our upland farms and marginal land

"With hotter and hotter summers baking up grassland on the continent, we are in a unique position, weather-proofed for the future to continue to provide." –Ger Roarty, Co Donegal

LETTERS 1 April 2026

My Farming Week: Paul McDermott, Ballindrait, Lifford, Co Donegal

My Farming Week: Paul McDermott, Ballindrait, Lifford, Co Donegal

Hailing from Donegal, Paul McDermott is kept busy running a mixed enterprise of beef, tillage and potatoes as well as contracting.

NEWS 1 April 2026

Breeding ewe increase defies all expectations

Breeding ewe increase defies all expectations

The number of breeding ewes on farms in Ireland on 31 December 2025 increased by 26,888 head – when all predictions pointed to numbers falling by 100,000 to 200,000 head

MARKETS 1 April 2026

Farmer Writes: spring arrives at last in Donegal

Farmer Writes: spring arrives at last in Donegal

If conditions hold, James Strain should be able to push on and get the reseeding done in good time.

FARMER WRITES 1 April 2026

Gorse fire in Donegal brought under control overnight

Gorse fire in Donegal brought under control overnight

Donegal Country Council has issued an orange warning for high fire risk as a result of the current weather forecast, remaining in place until Monday 27 April.

NEWS 1 April 2026

Retired Garda fined as 140 untagged sheep destroyed

Retired Garda fined as 140 untagged sheep destroyed

Farmer convicted after being caught transporting 177 sheep from Mayo to Donegal in November 2022. Chris McNulty reports from Letterkenny District Court.

NEWS 1 April 2026

Ploughs busy as land slowly dries

Ploughs busy as land slowly dries

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Wexford, Laois and Donegal as farmers plough and begin to sow spring crops.

CROPS 1 April 2026

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