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ATU Donegal raises over €4,000 for charity
The Dealer
The Agricultural Society in ATU Donegal held its annual fundraising ball, raising over €4,000 for Embrace Farm.
27 March 2024 News
‘Earning as you learn’ as a farm apprentice
Speaking at the webinar, college principal John Mulhearn said that the two year apprenticeships are a “definite pathway that everyone should thoroughly examine”.
20 March 2024 Blog
Mullooly Matters
Teenagers are getting older and hungrier sitting the Leaving Cert exams. Ciaran Mullooly counts the cost.
Live webinar on land-based apprenticeships
This event is suitable for students, employers and guardians, who are considering a career in agriculture, horticulture and wider agriculture industry.
19 March 2024 News
Agri Careers: the entrepreneur behind the St Patrick's Festival
From starting his own marketing company to organizing the St Patrick’s Day parade, Richard Tierney is at the helm of the biggest national Festival, writes Sarah McIntosh.
13 March 2024 Careers
XL Vets backs UL for new vet school
XL Vets has supported the proposal for a new veterinary degree programme at UL by signing a memorandum of understanding with the university.
13 March 2024 News
UCD and Teagasc receive €7m for new food programme
Coveney announces a new food and agriculture innovation and entrepreneurship training programme.
8 March 2024 News
Teachers blame changes to ag science course for drop in numbers
Speaking to agricultural science teachers at Tullamore Farm last Thursday during Agri Aware's farm walk and talk, we learned that numbers taking the subject are dwindling.
6 March 2024 News
My Farming Week: David Grehan, Rosenallis, Co Laois
David talks about his college placement on Fennelly's dairy farm, how the calving is going and possibly farming abroad in the future.
28 February 2024 News
More Irish students studying veterinary abroad than in Ireland
More and more students are travelling abroad to study veterinary medicine, and on any given year there are more than double the number of students studying abroad than there are here in Ireland.
28 February 2024 News
Gurteen gets planning go-ahead
A two-storey building with six new classrooms all in one area is what the Tipperary agricultural college has planned.
21 February 2024 News
Lives of two ag college students ‘tragically cut short’ in road crash
Two further students of Salesian Agricultural College, Pallaskenry, were injured in the collision.
21 February 2024 News