Michael Healy Rae

€700,000 budget cut to farm safety 'deeply disappointing' - Healy-Rae

Michael Healy-Rae has criticised the 23% cut to farm safety funding under Budget 2027, saying it sends entirely the wrong message to farm families.

NEWS 15 October 2026

€700,000 budget cut to farm safety 'deeply disappointing' - Healy-Rae

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Editorial: assaults on politicians are completely unacceptable

Editorial: assaults on politicians are completely unacceptable

VIEWPOINTS 23 September 2026

Healy-Rae condemns growing toxicity towards politicians after attack

Healy-Rae condemns growing toxicity towards politicians after attack

NEWS 17 September 2026

Coillte embroiled in bitter partnership breakup

Coillte embroiled in bitter partnership breakup

Coillte embroiled in bitter partnership breakup

NEWS 8 July 2026

Definition of farmer to be discussed at Oireachtas committee

Definition of farmer to be discussed at Oireachtas committee

Definition of farmer to be discussed at Oireachtas committee

NEWS 21 April 2026

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Editorial: a week of turmoil

Editorial: a week of turmoil

It’s a frustrating place for the forestry sector who now must now start all over again building relationships and formulating plans with a new minister at the helm.

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

Did the man in cap jump or was he pushed?

Did the man in cap jump or was he pushed?

There are suggestions that the Healy-Raes trying to run with the hares and hunt with the hounds in relation to the fuel protests.

NEWS 15 April 2026

€55m scheme opens for storm-damaged forests

€55m scheme opens for storm-damaged forests

The package worth €55m aims to support forest owners whose forests were damaged in 2025 by storms Darragh and Éowyn.

NEWS 15 April 2026

Comment: Healy-Rae's resignation shouldn't have come as a shock

Comment: Healy-Rae's resignation shouldn't have come as a shock

The cynics will say there are no votes in a 25-county constituency but the reaction of stakeholders we contacted was more of sorrow than anger about his abrupt departure.

OPINION 15 April 2026

Government wins confidence vote, despite Healy-Rae's resignation

Government wins confidence vote, despite Healy-Rae's resignation

The resignation of Michael Healy-Rae as minister of state has not toppled the Government.

NEWS 14 April 2026

Michael Healy-Rae resigns as minister at Department of Agriculture

Michael Healy-Rae resigns as minister at Department of Agriculture

Michael Healy-Rae has resigned from his position as minister of state at the Department of Agriculture this Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS 14 April 2026

Call for forestry promotion project proposals

Call for forestry promotion project proposals

Minister Michael Healy-Rae has said: “I encourage any individuals or organisations with innovative ideas to promote forestry to apply for support under this call.”

NEWS 2 April 2026

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Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

As Ireland celebrates Science Week from 8 to 15 November, coordinated by Research Ireland, the theme 'Water: from molecule to ocean' looks at how climate change alters the water systems we rely upon.

Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

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