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Budget talks to go down to the wire
Anne O'Donoghue
Budget 2025 is coming down to the wire in being firmed up, but there is very little room to fund new measures in agriculture.
24 September 2024 News
No plans for guidelines on how solar farms should be developed
Each local authority has its own set of guidelines for solar farm development, but it is "ad hoc" and there is no national overview, Fine Gael TD for Cork East David Stanton has said.
16 September 2024 News
Man who threw bag of cow dung crossed a line - Minister
Minister Anne Rabbitte told the court on Friday that she was “picked out” by Joseph Baldwin at a Gort biogas plant meeting, Gordon Deegan reports.
Dairy farmer for the Dáil
Dairy farmer Willie Aird will contest the general election in Laois. He’s been in politics for 45 years.
11 September 2024 Dealer
Opinion: RZLT as dangerous for Government as it is for farmers with zoned land
With ministers openly disagreeing on whether the RZLT should be deferred- again- or not, is the government in danger?
24 August 2024 Opinion
Three Irish MEPs to sit on EU agriculture committee
The declaration of interests required of all MEPs shows that Billy Kelleher and Michael McNamara have earnings of over €20,000 each from farming.
24 July 2024 News
Coveney will not contest next general election
Simon Coveney made the announcement this Wednesday 10 July in writing to all Fine Gael members in his Cork South Central constituency.
10 July 2024 News
Fine Gael reiterates plan to exempt farmers from residential zone land tax
Mayo TD Michael Ring said it is important to ensure that hard working farmers and their families are not penalised by a tax which was aimed at land hoarders.
6 July 2024 News
Opinion: when opportunity knocks, perhaps you should open the door
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil seem to have dismissed the prospect of a summer election, but it might be their best chance of being returned to power.
17 June 2024 Opinion
High-profile farmers lose out on council seats
It was a difficult week for Dermot Kelleher, Kevin Comiskey, and the Hacketts as their efforts to become county councillors fell short.
12 June 2024 News
Analysis: survey predicted Sinn Féin's slump
The recent Irish Farmers Journal survey showed Sinn Féin at 6%, which seemed nonsensical. But using the slide rule of doubling that vote, it proved eerily accurate.
12 June 2024 News
Big battle for final seats in Brussels
While Seán Kelly, Billy Kelleher and Luke Ming Flanagan will join the four Dublin MEPs in the next parliament, there is a massive fight on for the remaining seven seats.
12 June 2024 News