Michael Healy Rae

Anger over trade deal is 'understandable'

The minister spoke across a wide range of issues in a two hour engagment with the IFA AGM, accompanied by Ministers of State Michael Healy-Rae, Noel Grealish and Timmy Dooley.

NEWS 14 January 2026

Anger over trade deal is 'understandable'

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Ministers weren't whipped at the IFA AGM

Ministers weren't whipped at the IFA AGM

DEALER 14 January 2026

€23.5m in annual forestry premium payments begin issuing

€23.5m in annual forestry premium payments begin issuing

NEWS 14 January 2026

60% jump in forestry plantings in 2025

60% jump in forestry plantings in 2025

60% jump in forestry plantings in 2025

NEWS 11 January 2026

Minister Healy-Rae urges public to buy an Irish Christmas tree

Minister Healy-Rae urges public to buy an Irish Christmas tree

Minister Healy-Rae urges public to buy an Irish Christmas tree

NEWS 11 December 2025

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‘Don’t send a tractor out of your yard, unless it is making money’

‘Don’t send a tractor out of your yard, unless it is making money’

Balancing money, minds and machinery was the topic of the fourth annual national agriculture contractor conference. Peter Thomas Keaveney attended.

NEWS 22 October 2025

€55m replanting grant for storm-damaged forestry confirmed

€55m replanting grant for storm-damaged forestry confirmed

A rate of €3,858/ha will be available for mixed high forests with Sitka spruce and coniferous high forests. This increases to €5,421/ha for continuous cover forestry.

NEWS 22 October 2025

New funding for forest owners taking step towards certification

New funding for forest owners taking step towards certification

The scheme offers potential to modernise the forestry sector, according to Minister Michael Healy-Rae.

FORESTRY 22 October 2025

Paramedic students swap desks for dirt in on-farm training

Paramedic students swap desks for dirt in on-farm training

Falls on a farm, slurry incidents and machinery-related incidents were among some of the scenarios students encountered.

NEWS 22 October 2025

Forests and food main topics to headline agroforestry event

Forests and food main topics to headline agroforestry event

The conference is focused on the integration of trees into productive farming systems.

FORESTRY 22 October 2025

Over 70 investigations into alleged illegal tree felling

Over 70 investigations into alleged illegal tree felling

Along with alleged illegal tree felling, the Department is also investigating 27 reports of hedgerow removal.

FORESTRY 22 October 2025

Healy-Rae hails ‘real shift’ in forestry license output

Healy-Rae hails ‘real shift’ in forestry license output

Some 2,298ha of forestry was planted in the year up to 10 October in comparison with just 1,573ha afforested over the whole of 2024.

FORESTRY 22 October 2025

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Consistency and calf health key to Offaly farmer’s success

For Offaly dairy and sheep farmers, husband-and-wife team Ann Maire Butterfield and Stephen McQuade, AAA Golden Maverick has always been part of the story.

Consistency and calf health key to Offaly farmer’s success

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