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Majority of Irish MEPs vote for trade support measures for Ukraine
Rachel Donovan
Clare Daly and Mick Wallace voted against extending the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian agricultural products for another year.
23 April 2024 News
Independent TD Michael McNamara enters race for Europe
The independent Clare TD has pledged to push for environmental funding for farmers separate to CAP if elected in June.
10 April 2024 Feature
ACRES scheme a proper disaster for the Burren, say farmers
Almost a year and a half on from the Burren Programme being replaced by ACRES, local farmers Michael Davoren and Michael Collins speak to Anne O’Donoghue about the impact on the landscape and farmers.
Suicide prevention event for Clare farmers
Farmers in Clare are being encouraged to attend a suicide prevention night on Tuesday 16 April.
10 April 2024 News
Big crowds travel to Clare for opening of Massey Ferguson tractor museum
Over 500 machinery enthusiasts from all over the country made their way to Kilrush in Co Clare last week to attend the official opening of a tractor museum dedicated to the Life of Harry Ferguson.
3 April 2024 News
Wettest March in Kerry since 1963 - Met Éireann
Rainfall during March 2024 has been above average in most places, but it was wettest in the south and east.
3 April 2024 News
Over €28,000/ac paid for farm in Clare
This price for nice land with a traditional farmhouse set a record. But average price across the full range of land types was up too, exceeding €9,000/ac.
20 March 2024 News
Large animal practices 'screaming out for vets'
In order to study veterinary in Poland more emphasis is placed on an entrance exam rather than the overall points received in the leaving certificate.
6 March 2024 News
Clare farmers raise over €20,000
The event was held at Lahinch promenade in memory of John Brennan from Ennistymon - a 13-year-old who was tragically killed in a farm accident in April 2020.
28 February 2024 News
Farmer Writes: no caravan, no tent, no problem
Our first livestock trailer was not a Williams, but made by Jim Murphy in Tuam whose family are still in business today building the Aerlite range of trailers.
28 February 2024 Farmer Writes
To pod, or not to pod? That is the question
There are still roadblocks in the way of farmers looking to diversify into agritourism, but there is a lot of potential as well, writes Janine Kennedy.
21 February 2024 Consumer
Uisce Éireann fined for fish kill in Clare river
The court heard that the vast majority of fish - including salmon, eels and trout - died from suffocation following a pollution incident. Gordon Deegan reports.
19 February 2024 News