# Farmers

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# Mind Our Farm Families

Pieta House teams up with farming group to highlight suicide among men in rural areas

Pieta House and the IFA are running a phoneline and counselling service.

10.7k

Sep 10th 2016, 11:48 AM

# tractor protest

Farmers and truckers blockading Calais in protest at migrant camp "The Jungle"

Around 70 trucks have begun a go-slow on the main motorway into the French port.

19.0k

Sep 5th 2016, 10:16 AM

# predators

Suggestion pine martens will attack young children 'alarmist and irresponsible'

Farmers have raised concerns about the growing population of these small mammals in Ireland.

41.5k

Aug 26th 2016, 8:00 PM

# rural crime

Rural 'spotters' make money spying on farmers and selling information to criminal gangs

It is difficult for gardaí to secure prosecutions against these people as they need to link them directly to the crime.

20.2k

Aug 23rd 2016, 6:01 AM

# rural ireland

'An invasion of a place I grew up in, where I always felt safe' - Farmers speak of trauma after thefts

Buyers are being urged to ensure dealers are reputable before they buy any farm vehicles or machinery.

14.5k

Aug 22nd 2016, 2:21 PM

# baling hay

14 things you'll understand if you grew up on a farm

Massey. Deere. New Holland. You must choose one.

9.5k

Jun 9th 2016, 1:10 PM

# greener pastures

Farmers put pay scandal behind them and elect new IFA president

Joe Healy has said a remuneration committee will decide his salary,

18.2k

Apr 19th 2016, 7:20 PM

Voices

Can't resist the deals at the supermarket? Here's why we should be buying local

The state can no longer justify paying large subsidies to farmers whose produce goes directly overseas while refusing to support small scale local production, writes Fergal Anderson.

821

Mar 29th 2016, 8:00 AM

# the fallout

Farmers affected by flooding can apply for compensation from today

Up to €2 million has been made available to support farming communities impacted by the extreme weather.

11.5k

Jan 7th 2016, 5:25 PM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Dissident republicans, hospital overcrowding and a nuclear test had everyone talking.

22.9k

Jan 6th 2016, 10:46 PM

# Grassroots

After pay scandal the entire board of the IFA has stood down

The organisation’s president Eddie Downey and general secretary Pat Smith stood down last November.

9.5k

Jan 6th 2016, 8:46 AM

# Pay Row

Farmers' association says former boss "demanded €2 million" to quit

They say Pat Smith is “trying to cover up” his demands.

21.0k

Nov 26th 2015, 10:50 PM

# Out the door

The IFA's president is gone after a week-long pay scandal

Eddie Downey’s resignation followed that of the IFA’s general secretary, Pat Smith.

34.9k

Nov 26th 2015, 10:13 AM

# rural crime

"There's only one law in this country and that's the law of the jungle" - Irish farmers using guns to protect themselves

Farmers are reporting widespread intimidation and crime in their areas.

20.1k

Nov 24th 2015, 2:07 PM

# downey not out

IFA pay scandal: President steps back as review of top salaries begins

The move comes after revelations about general secretary Pat Smith’s generous pay package.

11.7k

Nov 24th 2015, 7:51 AM

# Not on Our Watch

Farmers throw spanner in the works of coast-to-coast cycle route plans

The Dublin to Galway Greenway route was expected to be a major tourist attraction.

25.3k

Oct 30th 2015, 4:52 PM

# processed meats

'Remember a few years ago we were told butter was bad for you?'

New guidelines could be issued for red meat consumption.

32.1k

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Oct 27th 2015, 3:30 PM

# split down the middle

Farmers want prenups to protect them from 'gold diggers'

The government is considering a new review of prenuptial agreements.

26.6k

Sep 24th 2015, 7:05 PM

# seeing double

Remember Dolly? There may not be another as EU steps closer to full cloning ban

EU lawmakers backed calls to tighten up a proposed ban on cloning animals.

7.9k

Sep 11th 2015, 12:42 PM

The new Irish Farmer Calendar just landed, fetch our smelling salts

And we’ve got all 12 months.

12.8k

Sep 10th 2015, 4:54 PM

# full throttle

Tractor -V- Water Cannon: EU to give farmers €500m after mass protest

Up to 6,000 farmers took part in the protest, claiming that their livelihoods are at risk by below-cost selling from retailers.

32.7k

Sep 7th 2015, 6:40 PM

# naughty farmers

People from the north-west and farmers are Ireland's worst tax offenders

A new report by the RTÉ Investigations Unit digs into the tax misdemeanours of the Irish public.

14.9k

Jul 29th 2015, 7:50 PM

# pr gimmick

'Grotesque and appalling': War of words erupts between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil

Éamon Ó Cuív has accused the government’s senior party of lying about protecting rural Ireland.

20.5k

Jul 14th 2015, 9:09 PM

Voices

There are ambitious new plans for Ireland’s most important indigenous industry

New targets for the Agri-Food sector could have a signifiant impact on Ireland’s economy.

793

Jul 12th 2015, 8:45 AM

# road frontage

Forget Tinder - lonely Irish farmers are looking for love on Facebook

Agricultural matchmaking at its finest.

14.8k

Jun 10th 2015, 11:10 AM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

8.1k

May 30th 2015, 4:55 PM

# On the up

Want to snap up some acres of land in Dublin? The price is on the rise

Agricultural land in Ireland remains expensive when compared with land prices in much of Northern Europe.

13.2k

May 26th 2015, 6:05 AM

# Graphic

This is why some TDs have to watch a video of thousands of pigs being slaughtered

Farmers have made claims against the Department of Agriculture.

13.9k

May 12th 2015, 10:56 AM

# bovine intervention

'Sometimes politicians are more accurate than journalists' - Simon Coveney

The agriculture minister has been speaking about reports the Irish dairy industry is to lose 3,000 farmers in the next 5 years

10.6k

Mar 30th 2015, 1:35 PM

# macra election

Meath man's Macra na Feirme campaign video is a thing of beauty

It’s the most delightfully Irish thing you’ll see today, we promise.

3.5k

Mar 11th 2015, 9:59 PM

# sane cows

After 15 years, China has lifted its ban on Irish beef

But hold on, more inspections are still needed.

13.9k

Feb 20th 2015, 8:12 PM

# udder chicanery

Seen any stolen cows recently? It could earn you €10,000

The initiative is being operated by Crimestoppers, the Irish Farmers Association and an Garda Siochana.

11.6k

Feb 20th 2015, 4:50 PM

# crisis

Bad news if you love mussels: 10,000 tonnes of top quality Irish shellfish is unfit to eat

Algal blooms which should have disappeared by now have made some shellfish unsafe to consume.

16.8k

Feb 4th 2015, 7:00 AM

# Green shoots

What do farmers want?

To be like Scotland, for starters.

17.2k

Jan 27th 2015, 9:10 PM

# Galway

Investigation launched after thousands of personal documents found on side of road

Confidential documents were scattered on the Tuam to Athenry road.

27.5k

Jan 27th 2015, 8:26 PM

# splitters

Thousands of farmers to close gate on IFA and start their own group

The new group will ‘represent all farmers, not just those in rural areas’.

12.9k

Jan 20th 2015, 1:17 PM

# our beef

Ireland becomes first EU country allowed to sell beef to the US since BSE ban

Beef from the EU has been banned from the US since it imposed its ban over fifteen years ago due to BSE.

22.9k

Jan 5th 2015, 9:15 PM

# On Yer Bike

You'll soon be able to cycle along the Ring of Kerry, but some farmers aren't happy

The 26 kilometre route runs close to the back of some landowners homes, intruding on their farmland.

17.1k

Dec 29th 2014, 2:27 PM

Voices

Column: What you should know about hushed negotiations taking place between the EU and US

One of the largest free trade agreements to be negotiated in recent times is provoking serious concerns among civil groups.

Dec 14th 2014, 8:45 AM

# Tragedy

Post mortems due on two farmers killed in Donegal farm accident

The accident occurred just after 6pm last night at Killygordon, Co Donegal.

42.7k

Nov 22nd 2014, 10:21 AM