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Department warning over lead poisoning in cattle

Farmers are urged to carefully check their fields and hedgerows for sources of lead such as old car batteries before turning cattle out to pasture and before making silage this spring.

NEWS 21 March 2026

Department warning over lead poisoning in cattle

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Supporting mental health from farms to schools

Supporting mental health from farms to schools

HEALTH 18 March 2026

Beef HealthCheck reports – 10 years on

Beef HealthCheck reports – 10 years on

BREEDING & HEALTH 18 March 2026

Food-and-mouth disease outbreak in Greece confirmed

Food-and-mouth disease outbreak in Greece confirmed

Food-and-mouth disease outbreak in Greece confirmed

NEWS 18 March 2026

Farmers advised to vaccinate for blackleg

Farmers advised to vaccinate for blackleg

Farmers advised to vaccinate for blackleg

NEWS 14 March 2026

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New farmer wellbeing programme from Kerry Dairy Ireland

New farmer wellbeing programme from Kerry Dairy Ireland

KDI is the first Irish dairy processor to extend a full employee assistance programme to its milk suppliers and their families.

NEWS 18 February 2026

Michaela Morley: ‘the kidney transplant changed my life a lot’

Michaela Morley: ‘the kidney transplant changed my life a lot’

On World Kidney Day, Irish patients share the realities of living with kidney disease and how organ transplants can save and change lives.

HEALTH 18 February 2026

Health misinformation: Dr Google will see you now ... at your own risk

Health misinformation: Dr Google will see you now ... at your own risk

In an age of health misinformation, knowing who – and what – to trust online can be confusing.Several medical experts give their advice.

HEALTH 18 February 2026

Open call for farm safety projects

Open call for farm safety projects

Last week, it was revealed at a meeting of the Oireachtas committee on agriculture that farm deaths in 2025 increased to almost double that of 2024.

NEWS 18 February 2026

Eating disorders: families go to ‘hell and back’ accessing support

Eating disorders: families go to ‘hell and back’ accessing support

Postcode lottery and a growing demand for services is top of the agenda during Eating Disorder Awareness Week, as well as a surge in midlife cases.

HEALTH 18 February 2026

Meade Potato Company fined €150,000 for serious workplace incident

Meade Potato Company fined €150,000 for serious workplace incident

Meade Potato Company Unlimited fined €150,000 following an incident in which an employee’s arm was trapped in machinery.

NEWS 18 February 2026

Common Conditions Service Ireland: what your pharmacist can treat

Common Conditions Service Ireland: what your pharmacist can treat

From shingles to cystitis, the rollout of the new Common Conditions Service will enable pharmacies to treat up to eight health problems.

HEALTH 18 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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