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Farmers are concerned over lack of progress as flooding returns

IFA Flood Project Team Chairperson, Padraic Joyce, has expressed serious concern over the lack of progress in dealing with flooding problems along the River Shannon. Recent heavy rainfall has led to the flooding of land and roadways adjacent to the ...

10 Mar 2017 at 10:16

Farming & Rural Affairs

Sheep farmers resisting pressure on prices and weights

IFA National Sheep Chairperson, John Lynskey, has said lamb prices are holding relatively stable with factories paying €4.70/4.75/kg up to weights of 23kgs. He said some top prices for quality assured in-spec lambs of over €4.80/kg to 23kgs were ...

05 Feb 2017 at 15:05

Farming & Rural Affairs

Applications for Expanded National Walks Scheme now open

IFA president, Joe Healy, has welcomed the opening up of applications for the National Walks Scheme, which will double the number of national walks and benefit up to 2,000 farmers. At a meeting in Dublin this week with the Minister for ...

28 Feb 2019 at 13:36

Farming & Rural Affairs

Free trade between UK and EU must be maintained following Brexit

Livestock representatives from the IFA and the UK Farming Unions recently met in Belfast to discuss Brexit and the trade implications for the livestock sector. The organisations agreed it is essential that free trade is maintained ...

23 May 2017 at 14:04

Farming & Rural Affairs

Farmers are reminded of deadlines for Sheep Census and Sheep Welfare applications 2018

IFA National Sheep Committee Chairperson, John Lynskey, said the Department of Agriculture has confirmed to IFA that the Sheep Welfare Scheme application for the €10 per ewe payment for 2018 will be sent out to farmers early in ...

21 Dec 2017 at 10:52

Farming & Rural Affairs

INHFA calls for new legislation around dog control and public indemnity

The Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) have launched their policy paper on public access that calls for new legislation around dog control, public indemnity and a public education programme. Speaking on this, ...

21 Jun 2022 at 14:04

Farming & Rural Affairs

Leitrim landowners reminded to cut roadside hedgerows before March 1

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the County and City Management Association (CCMA) are calling on all landowners to cut their hedgerows before March 1 to ensure they are not causing a potential serious road safety ...

27 Jan 2022 at 12:31

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Launch of 11 calving simulators and 11 injecting simulators

At the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska last week, Minister of State with responsibility for Farm Safety at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, announced the launch of 11 ...

30 Sept 2023 at 11:00

Farming & Rural Affairs

Thousands expected to travel to Dublin tomorrow for Beef Plan Movement protest

Thousands of farmers from across the North West are expected to attend a protest outside Dáil Éireann tomorrow (Wednesday, July 10). The protest has been organised by representatives of the Beef Plan Movement but ...

09 Jul 2019 at 16:02

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IFA rally to protect ANCs taking place in Carrick-on-Shannon tonight

IFA is organising a major rally in the Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon tonight, Friday, December 2 at 8pm to highlight the importance of Areas of Natural Constraint (ANCs) payments and to improve payments and ...

02 Dec 2016 at 15:20

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Prompt action on TAMS needed – IFA

IFA National Rural Development Chair Michael Biggins has called on Minister McConalogue and the Department to end the silence and clarify where farmers stand with TAMS applications. Speaking after last ...

01 Dec 2023 at 09:00

Farming & Rural Affairs

Banks must support farmers who are under cashflow pressure due to poor weather

IFA Farm Business Chairperson, Martin Stapleton, has written to the three main banks urging them to support their farming customers who are facing further problems with the continued bad weather. He ...

05 Apr 2018 at 12:52

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