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Ireland’s hoverfly, crucial to food production, faces significant threats
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (382+ words) Human-induced pressures, including pesticide exposure and climate change, pose significant threats to the hoverfly, integral to pollination for food production. According to research led by Queen’s University Belfast, the hoverfly affects the food we eat, such as apples and strawberries,…...
‘Seeing two guys try to shave a sheep as fast as possible was an eye-opener’
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (695+ words) Belgian Nick Maertens moved with his wife and daughter to Sligo earlier this year after becoming besotted by the landscapes of Ireland and the UK. “We started to go to Scotland on holiday years ago and we fell a little…...
Horse Sport Ireland given protection of High Court as directors seek to save equestrian body
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (485+ words) Horse Sport Ireland has been given the protection of the High Court, with an interim examiner appointed as part of an attempt by its directors to save the national equestrian sports governing body. Barrister Arthur Cunningham on Monday told Judge…...
Farmers call for logistical supports as winter fodder crisis looms
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (408+ words) The fodder crisis facing farmers in the east of the country after the dry summer could be mitigated somewhat by hauling feed from the western half of the country, farm leaders have said. However, they said the logistical move to…...
‘Suicide’s a big issue in rural Ireland’: Farmer drives at 25km/hr from Mizen to Malin to raise awareness
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (334+ words) Driving at no more than 25km, a Wicklow farmer will spend six days on board a vintage tractor travelling from Co Cork’s Mizen Head to Malin Head in Co Donegal in hope of raising money for suicide awareness and prevention charities....
Why the story of the vegetable lamb was believed
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (92+ words) The Irish Times Of all the wonders witnessed by Sir John Mandeville, a 14th-century English knight, none was more astonishing than the “wondirfulle” fruit of a tree he encountered on his travels in India. This fruit resembled a gourd, but…...
IFA repeats calls for Government action on fodder crisis
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (510+ words) The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has repeated a call for the Government to be more proactive in assisting farmers facing a fodder crisis. Farming organisations met Teagasc yesterday to outline the seriousness of the situation, particularly in the eastern and…...
Farmers accuse Heydon of failing to grasp severity of drought
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (371+ words) The Minister for Agriculture “has failed to grasp the severity of the issues farms are facing” due to the long lot summer, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said. Speaking after meeting Martin Heydon and other farm bodies to discuss…...
If we support Irish farmers, let’s look beyond beef
1+ week, 1+ day ago (142+ words) Sir, – I refer to the article “Our farmers are gods. We should be rolling out red carpets,” (August 17th) and, in particular, to the suggestion that restaurants demonstrate their support for Irish food producers by stating that 100 per cent of their…...
‘It's costing us €500 a day’ - Dairy farmer on the drought
1+ week, 1+ day ago (65+ words) Tralee welcomes 2026 Roses. Video: Niamh Browne Editor: Eoin Ronayne Ellen Coyne was speaking to Hugh Linehan for the Inside Politics Podcast. ‘It's costing us €500 a day’ - Dairy farmer on the drought Video: Ronan McGreevy Rachel Lavin was speaking to Aideen…...