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Revealed: land acquired by National Parks and Wildlife Service since 2020

New figures show the scale of land that the State has bought for conservation purposes over the last five years.

NEWS 29 June 2025

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Ireland working with Malta and Cyprus to protect live exports

Ireland working with Malta and Cyprus to protect live exports

NEWS 4 June 2025

The curlew's call: now is distant memory as populations decline

The curlew's call: now is distant memory as populations decline

NEWS 16 April 2025

People in west feel left behind after storm Éowyn - IFA

People in west feel left behind after storm Éowyn - IFA

People in west feel left behind after storm Éowyn - IFA

NEWS 7 February 2025

Ireland’s dry stone construction receives UNESCO recognition

Ireland’s dry stone construction receives UNESCO recognition

Ireland’s dry stone construction receives UNESCO recognition

NEWS 5 December 2024

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My Farming Week: Michael Connell, Inchbofin Island, Co Westmeath

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.

NEWS 1 January 1970

ACRES momentum 'lost at local level'

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.

SCHEMES 1 January 1970

Zonal electricity pricing on the agenda

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.

VIEWPOINTS 1 January 1970

Impressed by farming in the Orkney Islands

Impressed by farming in the Orkney Islands

Fermanagh farmer John Egerton spent last weekend visiting the Orkney Islands in Scotland.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 January 1970

In pictures: herding sheep on Middle Calf Island, west Cork

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.

NEWS 1 January 1970

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports