Weather

Wednesday night will be mainly dry, with variable cloud cover, but a few spots of drizzle may occur. Met Éireann are forecasting mist in places, with some fog patches. Minimum temperatures to be about 5-8°C generally, but a little lower where any breaks in cloud occur.

Tomorrow, Thursday, will be dry, with sunny intervals developing. Warmer than Wednesday, especially in the western half of the country. Maximum temperatures 14-19°C, in moderate, southeast breezes.

In the news

  • In this week’s podcast, we hear farmers tackle the issue of low beef prices with Meat Industry Ireland’s Cormac Healy and the IFA stage a protest over ongoing Fair Deal nursing home delays.
  • Gardaí have seized 10 vehicles including jeeps from a gang in Cork who used various paving, gardening and landscaping businesses to target elderly persons and deceive them of money.
  • The Department of Agriculture has been prosecuting two farmers for a series of offences against record-keeping rules which have left dozens of animals missing, a spokesperson told the Irish Farmers Journal.
  • Farmers most in need of lifelong education and training will be hardest to get on board future training courses, the Minister for Agriculture has said.
  • A Tipperary dairy farmer got a "fair fright" after the front wheel of his tractor went into a sinkhole in a field on his farm last week.
  • Coming up this Thursday

  • The latest agri jobs.