The delay in the issuing of ACRES payments on time has left thousands of farming families in financial limbo, and is undermining the purpose of the scheme, according to Waterford Sinn Féin TD Conor D. McGuinness.

Mr. Carroll said that thousands of farmers were already suffering severe financial distress due to bTB

He said his organisation has been in contact with the European Intellectual Property Office on the matter

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Food Promotion, New Markets, and Research and Development, Noel Grealish, TD, have launched the Department of Agriculture, Food and the ...

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, TD, and Minister of State for Forestry, Farm Safety and Horticulture, Michael Healy-Rae, TD, have launched an open call for farmer safety, health and wellbeing projects.

Agri Aware’s 'Come Farm With Me' webinar series welcomed over 33,000 primary school students to meet farmers virtually and explore life on the farm this academic year.

Sale at Dungarvan Mart goes ahead as normal Easter Monday, April 21

Ifac, Ireland’s farming, food, and agribusiness specialist professional services firm, will host a follow-up webinar looking at the direct impacts of US tariffs, assessing the possibilities of counter-tariffs and exploring what may happen next.

ICSA president Sean McNamara has said the latest Teagasc research confirming no difference in ammonia emissions between dribble bars and trailing shoes underlines the urgent need to reinstate grant aid for dribble bar equipment under TAMS.

Waterford City and County Council wishes to remind landowners that the burning of waste, including garden and agricultural waste, is banned and can lead to prosecution for landowners if it is undertaken.

The latest results from Dungarvan Mart, for sales which took place on Monday, April 7.  WANTED Exceptionally high demand and prices being paid for all types of cows, bullocks and heifers in our sales rings at present.

The ‘Finding Common Ground’ festival, an initiative of the RDS, took place recently in Ballsbridge, Dublin, exploring the benefits of natural resources and the circular economy with a view to increase awareness, education and identification of ...

ICSA president Sean McNamara has said the imposition of 20% tariffs on EU food exports to the US is yet another blow to Irish agriculture, warning that it will have serious consequences for Irish farmers.

ICSA Rural Development chair Edmond Phelan has insisted that fair payment for farmers must be a core principle of Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan.

Speaking after the TB Forum meeting held on March 26, the Deputy President of ICMSA, Eamon Carroll, has said that the association “had no intention” of asking farmers to accept very significant portions of the proposed TB measures presented at the ...

ICSA President Sean McNamara called on Minister Martin Heydon to fight for a properly funded CAP budget in Brussels.  “With everyone looking for a bigger slice of the EU budget, we cannot let farming get pushed to the back of the queue.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, TD, has announced the opening of year three of the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) to new entrants.

Event marks the beginning of an extensive consultation process to inform the development of a national Nature Restoration Plan

Satellite assessment of damage to Irish forests from Storms Darragh and Eowyn is now estimated at nearly 24,000 hectares of forest, which has suffered windblow damage - more than twice the annual cut harvested.

Tirlán, the farmer-owned Co-operative, has launched a TB Support Programme to assist its milk suppliers who are impacted by an outbreak of Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) in their herds.