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Dempsey at Large: getting the facts straight on nitrates

Just as most medicines have side effects, the aim has to be to work out if the side effects justify the action.

VIEWPOINTS 24 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: getting the facts straight on nitrates

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News round-up from Northern Ireland

News round-up from Northern Ireland

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 December 2025

Coolmore-linked company pleads guilty to multiple hedgerow offences

Coolmore-linked company pleads guilty to multiple hedgerow offences

NEWS 17 December 2025

Minister Heydon: NGTs will 'equip' Irish farmers to compete in changing world

Minister Heydon: NGTs will 'equip' Irish farmers to compete in changing world

Minister Heydon: NGTs will 'equip' Irish farmers to compete in changing world

NEWS 14 December 2025

Uisce Éireann convicted and fined over river pollution

Uisce Éireann convicted and fined over river pollution

Uisce Éireann convicted and fined over river pollution

NEWS 13 December 2025

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Agri jobs: farm manager, welders, and deboners wanted

Agri jobs: farm manager, welders, and deboners wanted

Take a look at some of the jobs in the farming sector this week.

NEWS 3 December 2025

Letter addressing withdrawing support for nature restoration plan

Letter addressing withdrawing support for nature restoration plan

"Trust cannot survive a betrayal on this scale." - Edmond Phelan, ICSA Rural Development Chair.

LETTERS 3 December 2025

CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

A move to CAN is likely when CBAM comes in and this will increase emissions from grassland, but not from tillage land.

NEWS 3 December 2025

Two amendments to ACRES rare breeds action

Two amendments to ACRES rare breeds action

The deadline to produce at least one progeny registered with a relevant breed society has been extended from the end of year three to the end of year five.

SCHEMES 3 December 2025

Sustainability now being tracked and available to view

Sustainability now being tracked and available to view

Cathal Buckley and Trevor Donnellan from Teagasc Athenry have all the details of the Teagasc Sustainability report for 2024.

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Farmers for climate action: progress from the Signpost Advisory Programme

Farmers for climate action: progress from the Signpost Advisory Programme

In this article George Ramsbottom gives an update on advisory within the Signpost Programme and what is available to farmers.

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

AD owner given five months to clear the site

AD owner given five months to clear the site

The Planning Appeals Commission has ruled against an AD plant outside Strabane.

NORTHERN IRELAND 3 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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