Weather forecast

Met Éireann is forecasting a cloudy day with some patches of light rain and drizzle at first, but clearer and brighter conditions with showers will extend from the west later. Highest temperatures will range between 7°C and 10°C generally, but only 5°C to 7°C in Ulster in light to moderate northwesterly breezes, fresh near coasts.

In the news

  • Competition authorities have approved the merger between Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick.
  • Data from Regional Veterinary Laboratories have revealed the top 10 causes of death in cattle over the winter.
  • A man died on a farm in Co Cork and in a separate incident, a driver was taken to hospital after a Dairygold milk lorry crashed in Co Cork.
  • A vulture fund has won a court order giving a Co Kildare farmer two weeks to leave or go to jail.
  • The Beef Plan Movement staged a protest outside the office of Wicklow TD and junior minister Andrew Doyle.

    • Coming up this Wednesday

  • The main causes of death in sheep in the last quarter of 2018.
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