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Keeping the countryside healthy

Farmers play a vital role in keeping the countryside, and the planet, in good health and looking well

DEALER 22 April 2026

Keeping the countryside healthy

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Varadkar’s rural Ireland comments were wrong – Heydon

Varadkar’s rural Ireland comments were wrong – Heydon

NEWS 22 April 2026

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

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

NEWS 14 April 2026

Taoiseach’s comments escalated the protests, says demonstrator

Taoiseach’s comments escalated the protests, says demonstrator

Taoiseach’s comments escalated the protests, says demonstrator

NEWS 9 April 2026

Taoiseach heavily critical of protest disruption amid fuel supply warning

Taoiseach heavily critical of protest disruption amid fuel supply warning

Taoiseach heavily critical of protest disruption amid fuel supply warning

NEWS 8 April 2026

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Fuel price protest enters its second day

Fuel price protest enters its second day

Slow-moving convoys are continuing the protest over fuel price surges with traffic disruption seen across the country on Wednesday morning.

NEWS 21 January 2026

Minister Heydon to raise farm sector energy issues with Taoiseach

Minister Heydon to raise farm sector energy issues with Taoiseach

A meeting of key ministers is to take place on the issue of surging energy costs on Wednesday.

NEWS 21 January 2026

Are farmers entitled to change?

Are farmers entitled to change?

Entitlements were created at the beginning of the century, have they outlived their usefulness?

DEALER 21 January 2026

Farmer Writes: without farmer support, Bord Bia is a dead duck

Farmer Writes: without farmer support, Bord Bia is a dead duck

Farmers who accepted inspections, paperwork and scrutiny from Bord Bia feel let down by the Larry Murrin controversy, writes James Strain this week.

FARMER WRITES 21 January 2026

Sinn Féin flags with Taoiseach powers it says could remove Murrin

Sinn Féin flags with Taoiseach powers it says could remove Murrin

Sinn Féin sought to up the ante on Government to depose Larry Murrin from his position as Bord Bia's chair on Wednesday.

NEWS 21 January 2026

Taoiseach backs Murrin amid mounting Bord Bia controversy

Taoiseach backs Murrin amid mounting Bord Bia controversy

Micheál Martin warned Mary Lou McDonald not to "go after people wrongly and without proper perspective", after she sought Larry Murrin’s resignation as Bord Bia chair.

NEWS 21 January 2026

Mary Lou McDonald writes to Taoiseach seeking Bord Bia chair’s resignation

Mary Lou McDonald writes to Taoiseach seeking Bord Bia chair’s resignation

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said Larry Murrin cannot continue as Bord Bia chair given that his company Dawn Farm Foods imports beef from Brazil.

NEWS 21 January 2026

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A different kind of farm visit

Organic beef and sheep farmer, Kay O’Sullivan, describes her experience of hosting a group of chefs on her farm.

A different kind of farm visit

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