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Macra surplus topped €200,000 in 2025

The improvement in operating results was driven by a surge in membership fee income.

NEWS 22 July 2026

Macra surplus topped €200,000 in 2025

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Members have a field day... and it’s all for a good cause

Members have a field day... and it’s all for a good cause

NEWS 22 July 2026

Sky’s the limit for Macra and Gaisce awards

Sky’s the limit for Macra and Gaisce awards

NEWS 8 July 2026

Draft guidelines for rural and Gaeltacht housing welcomed

Draft guidelines for rural and Gaeltacht housing welcomed

Draft guidelines for rural and Gaeltacht housing welcomed

EDITORIAL 1 July 2026

Macra brings budget priorities directly to decision-makers

Macra brings budget priorities directly to decision-makers

Macra brings budget priorities directly to decision-makers

NEWS 1 July 2026

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Macra takes on the Mini-Marathon

Macra takes on the Mini-Marathon

A 10km race that wasn’t about the finish times but about the taking part and challenging ourselves.

NEWS 27 May 2026

Hooley time for Kilmuckridge Macra

Hooley time for Kilmuckridge Macra

Hooley offers opportunity for members old and new to come together and celebrate what Macra is all about – friendship, community involvement and good fun.

NEWS 27 May 2026

Macra pitches farm succession scheme for next CAP

Macra pitches farm succession scheme for next CAP

Macra has refreshed its idea of a farm succession scheme that would see farmers needing to put a farm handover plan in place by the age of 63 to continue receiving CAP payments into retirement.

NEWS 27 May 2026

Rosie from Tralee is the 2026 Blue Jean Country Queen

Rosie from Tralee is the 2026 Blue Jean Country Queen

Rosie Falvey of Churchill Macra became just the second Kerry contestant to be crowned the Blue Jean Country Queen in Athboy, Co Meath.

NEWS 27 May 2026

Cost inflation threatens future of fruit and vegetable production - Macra

Cost inflation threatens future of fruit and vegetable production - Macra

According to the latest Teagasc Horticulture Crop Input Prices report, input costs across the horticulture sector rose by 3.9% between January 2025 and January 2026.

NEWS 27 May 2026

Macra criticises €26m cut to agriculture budget

Macra criticises €26m cut to agriculture budget

Macra has described the proposal as a complete betrayal of young farmers and rural Ireland.

NEWS 27 May 2026

The year in review with Macra national president O'Neill

The year in review with Macra national president O'Neill

Josephine O'Neill takes stock of her first year as Macra national president, reflecting on personal highs and lows – as well as the triumphs and struggles of rural youth on a whole.

NEWS 27 May 2026

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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