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Ireland’s dry stone construction receives UNESCO recognition
Martin Merrick
Ireland’s practice of dry stone construction has been officially inscribed on the UNESCO representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
23 October 2024 News
My Farming Week: Michael Connell, Inchbofin Island, Co Westmeath
Michael Connell is a suckler farmer on Inchbofin Island on Lough Ree. He owns the Island which spans 76ac, it has been uninhabited since his uncle died in 2018.
9 October 2024 Schemes
ACRES momentum 'lost at local level'
Four public meetings were held across two weeks for farmers in the ACRES Burren Aran area, with separate clinics held on each of the islands.
Zonal electricity pricing on the agenda
In his recent report on European competitiveness, former ECB president Mario Draghi has argued for zonal pricing in the EU, and some US states have already moved in this direction.
25 September 2024 Viewpoints
Impressed by farming in the Orkney Islands
Fermanagh farmer John Egerton spent last weekend visiting the Orkney Islands in Scotland.
11 September 2024 Northern Ireland
In pictures: herding sheep on Middle Calf Island, west Cork
Tommy Moyles recently spent a day on Middle Calf Island in the middle of Roaringwater Bay in west Cork as Neily O'Leary and Michael Collins tended to a flock of sheep there.
4 August 2024 News