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Red weather warning issued ahead of Storm Darragh
Anne O'Donoghue
The red weather warning for wind, the highest level of caution Met Éireann can issue, is for six western and northwestern counties.
5 December 2024 Property
Traditional fare in Co Clare as 34.4ac farm up for auction
A traditional 34.4ac residential farm in north Clare is going for online auction next week. Containing a cottage and old farm buildings with plenty of potential, it is located on the R481 road.
5 December 2024 News
Tractor with timber windscreen seized by gardaí in Clare
The tractor’s windscreen had been replaced primarily with timber, allowing for a hole, covered with a sheet of glass.
Clare farms worst hit by blackleg this year
Department of Agriculture data has found that farms in many counties in north Munster and southwest Leinster have been hit most severely by the clostridial disease.
4 December 2024 News
Clare farmer shoots dog attacking sheep
Two dogs were also shot in a separate incident a couple of weeks before this, in which four sheep were killed in Clarecastle, Co Clare.
4 December 2024 News
IFA blasts lack of action on dog attacks on sheep
Robust measures are needed to address dogs worrying and attacking sheep, the IFA has said.
26 November 2024 News
CF Pharma CEO Clare Hughes up for young entrepreneur award
CF Pharma is a Kilkenny pharmaceutical lab which develops and manufactures veterinary medical devices and nutraceuticals.
20 November 2024 News
Asba Meats convicted in court for non-payment for cattle
Gordon Deegan reports from Ennis District Court, where the Agri-Food Regulator secured its first conviction for a breach of the unfair trading practices (UTP) regulations.
19 November 2024 News
€1.75m guide for Banner farm ahead of auction
A 175ac farm in east Co Clare heads for auction next week and contains a range of assets including limestone ground, forestry and a derelict house.
14 November 2024 Property
Man who shot farmer who was herding cattle avoids jail
A judge has imposed a suspended two year prison term on Adrian Collins (48) of Enagh, Kilkishen for the reckless discharge of a shot-gun where he shot a farming neighbour, writes Gordon Deegan.
14 November 2024 News
New farm safety initiative rolled out in classrooms
AgriKids and Irish Rural Link have launched two pilot school events, in Clontibret National School, Co Monaghan and Kilmihil National School Co Clare to showcase their new education resource.
6 November 2024 Farm safety
€47m funding for rural water services
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien made the announcement that will benefit 256 individual projects.
6 November 2024 News