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Sunday 1 October 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# Badgers

This year
2023
# Dalkey
Pat Kenny 'flabbergasted' by decision to allow nursing home he fears will harm badgers
Kenny said that because of so much other construction work in the area ‘this is the badgers’ Alamo – they have nowhere else to go’.
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Jul 10th 2023, 6:46 PM
All time
# tb or not tb
Badgers to be vaccinated against TB to stop them giving it to cattle
Michael Creed announced the initiative yesterday.
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Jan 16th 2018, 8:57 AM
# Prime Numbers
Twink, Superquinn sausages, Irish Water, and punts: Ireland by numbers in 2014
How many pigs are in Ireland? How many people are paid minimum wage? So many questions…
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Dec 20th 2014, 7:30 PM
# eradication
Ireland culled up to 39,000 badgers in six years
The Department of Agriculture is trialling a vaccination programme in a number of counties to see how effective it is but most badgers captured are shot.
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Aug 4th 2014, 8:45 AM
# badger culling
On patrol with Britain's badger cull saboteurs
The cull in Gloucestershire is aimed at tackling the spread of TB in cattle but opponents say this will do little to combat the disease.
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Oct 19th 2013, 8:30 AM
# Prime Numbers
Cavemen, Cowen and Coca-Cola: The week in numbers
Plus: What percentage of people in Ireland smoke? And what’s the average weekly wage?
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Aug 31st 2013, 7:30 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things you want to know as you start your day.
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Aug 27th 2013, 8:45 AM
# brilliant badger
This badger is better at tweeting than you
Going to the zoo will never be the same again.
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Jul 2nd 2013, 4:45 PM
# Badgers
Ireland in breach of European convention over badger culling reports
The government has failed to submit any reports over the last ten years and the Council of Europe has now requested them as a “matter of urgency”.
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Apr 7th 2013, 8:30 AM
# bovine TB
Government strategy will lead to more badger killings - Irish Wildlife Trust
The Irish Wildlife Trust believes that the ‘Food Harvest 2020 Plan’ will lead to an increase in bovine TB which will, in turn, lead to more healthy badgers being culled.
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Feb 2nd 2013, 8:15 AM
# Friday Slideshow
It's Friday so here's a slideshow of badgers from around the world
With BONUS video content…
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Sep 21st 2012, 2:30 PM
# Badgers
Three in court over badger baiting
The bloodsport is illegal in the UK and Ireland, but what is it? And who does it?
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Apr 30th 2012, 1:01 PM