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Sheep
My Farming Week: Colum Ginnelly, Mulranny, Co Mayo
James Hanly
In this edition of My Farming Week, we spoke to hill and commercial sheep farmer Colum Ginnelly who has taken party in the Wild Atlantic Nature project.
19 March 2025 Property
Farmhouse ready for an upgrade
It sits on 28.5ac of grazing land in Mayo and comes with a simple farmyard, writes Paul Mooney.
5 March 2025 News
Above average rainfall recorded for February
The national forecaster’s Climate Statement for February showed that last month was overall quite mild as rain varied between wet in the south and relatively dry in the north and midlands.
Mayo sheep farmer wins Farming for Nature ambassador award
The Mayo man, who farms on the Nephin Beg Mountain range, won the award after helping to recruit over 150 other farmers to take part in the Wild Atlantic Nature Project.
4 March 2025 News
Jury to be sworn in after farmer pleads not guilty to animal neglect
At a sitting of the court in October 2024, Coughlan and his co-accused had indicated a certain course of action would be taken.
25 February 2025 News
Over €17,000 raise for Mayo Roscommon Hospice in tractor run
Tiernan and Shane, being interested in agriculture and tractors, organised the tractor run in just two and a half weeks, with help from their families and the wider community.
21 February 2025 News
Storm damage leaves Cong residents offline in road survey
Plans to build a relief road around Cong village anger residents who are unable to respond to a council survey on the project, as they remain without internet and phone connections after storm Éowyn
19 February 2025 News
5,000 payments worth €1m in financial aid made following storm Éowyn
Almost half of payments under the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme were made to householders in Galway and Mayo.
15 February 2025 News
Farmers and foresters counting costs after storm damage
That’s according to the Mayo Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) county chair, John Lynskey who said it will take months for farms to return to how they were before the storm.
12 February 2025 News
Land Report: average prices in Mayo up 23%
But the resulting increase in supply of land for sale did not hurt prices which were well up.
12 February 2025 News
ACRES research into impacts of fire on commonage in Mayo
The impact of fire on an ACRES commonage is being researched by the project team.
10 February 2025 Climate and environment
Local connections key for future of farming - Sammon
Farmers should look to older systems that are less intensive but potentially more profitable; essentially, looking to the past to map a way forward.
5 February 2025 News