Michael Healy Rae

Editorial: need for a balanced forestry programme

Sitka spruce is well capable of reaching timber frame housing markets as well as medium-rise buildings.

VIEWPOINTS 18 March 2026

Editorial: need for a balanced forestry programme

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Horticulture growers urged to complete 2025 census

Horticulture growers urged to complete 2025 census

NEWS 18 March 2026

Minister urges students to consider forestry

Minister urges students to consider forestry

NEWS 18 March 2026

Minister urges public to buy Irish veg as large-scale grower to bow out

Minister urges public to buy Irish veg as large-scale grower to bow out

Minister urges public to buy Irish veg as large-scale grower to bow out

NEWS 16 March 2026

Healy-Rae delivers €8m boost for forestry

Healy-Rae delivers €8m boost for forestry

Healy-Rae delivers €8m boost for forestry

NEWS 11 March 2026

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'We don’t know who owns it' - non-farmer take of forestry funds on the rise

'We don’t know who owns it' - non-farmer take of forestry funds on the rise

Questions have been asked as to who are the private non-farmer interests in the forestry and land markets.

FORESTRY 28 January 2026

Open call for farm safety projects

Open call for farm safety projects

Last week, it was revealed at a meeting of the Oireachtas committee on agriculture that farm deaths in 2025 increased to almost double that of 2024.

NEWS 28 January 2026

Minister changes definition of a farmer in mid-term forestry review

Minister changes definition of a farmer in mid-term forestry review

Michael Healy-Rae has been exploring a wide range of options including planting land owned by public bodies, from local authorities to health boards.

NEWS 28 January 2026

Minister outlines his plans to increase afforestation

Minister outlines his plans to increase afforestation

Minister Healy-Rae's mid-term review changes the definition of a farmer and provides grant increases, while he commits to planting peaty soils in next forestry programme.

FORESTRY 28 January 2026

Historic day at the committee

Historic day at the committee

Caps not CAP formed part of the debate at a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food. The Dealer also learned the value of caps in some households too.

DEALER 28 January 2026

Has Bord Bia stoked Government tensions?

Has Bord Bia stoked Government tensions?

Is the 'Independent tail' about the wag the Government dog once more and call time on Larry Murrin’s tenure as Bord Bia chair?

NEWS 28 January 2026

And they're all off

And they're all off

The Dealer thinks there's some smart destination choices for ministers when they jet off on St Patrick's Day this year. Some destinations could provide useful tips for their respective portfolios.

DEALER 28 January 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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