Trade deals

Australian trade deal another blow for beef and sheep sectors

The IFA president has expressed concern about potential increases in beef and sheepmeat outputs leading to volatile production costs.

NEWS 25 March 2026

Australian trade deal another blow for beef and sheep sectors

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Editorial: trade deals finalised

Editorial: trade deals finalised

VIEWPOINTS 25 March 2026

EU heading for trade deal with Australia

EU heading for trade deal with Australia

NEWS 22 March 2026

Brexit impact begins to bite Irish beef exports

Brexit impact begins to bite Irish beef exports

Brexit impact begins to bite Irish beef exports

NEWS 19 March 2026

Trio of trade deals making progress

Trio of trade deals making progress

Trio of trade deals making progress

NEWS 18 March 2026

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Australian trade deal another concern for beef and sheep farmers - IFA

Australian trade deal another concern for beef and sheep farmers - IFA

IFA president Francie Gorman noted that the effects of these trade deals have not been assessed properly and that farmers feel they are being used as a 'sacrificial lamb'.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Mercosur deal will operate provisionally

Mercosur deal will operate provisionally

European Commission announces that the Mercosur trade deal will operate provisionally pending its review by the European Court of Justice and ahead of approval by the European Parliament.

NEWS 11 February 2026

European Commission agrees provisional implementation of Mercosur deal

European Commission agrees provisional implementation of Mercosur deal

Commission decision follows ratification of trade agreement in Uruguay and Argentina.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Irish share of UK beef imports fell in 2025

Irish share of UK beef imports fell in 2025

The Irish share of UK beef imports fell sharply in 2025 and the decline gathered pace as the year progressed.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Irish share of UK beef imports falls below 60%

Irish share of UK beef imports falls below 60%

Latter part of 2025 shows a switch in supply of UK beef imports to southern hemisphere countries as production fell in Europe

NEWS 11 February 2026

Colm McCarthy: Ireland's place in a hardening Europe

Colm McCarthy: Ireland's place in a hardening Europe

Any ‘fortress Europe’ outcome, seeking to substitute a stronger single market for a reduced outward focus on trade with the rest of the world, is not in Ireland’s interests.

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Australia's terms for EU trade deal

Australia's terms for EU trade deal

Beef and sheepmeat quotas have been the stumbling block in the conclusion of a trade deal between the EU and Australia.

NEWS 11 February 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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