But the disease poses a real risk to the sector, so ultra-tight biosecurity is crucial, with farmers being told to check ...

Industry groups have warned that losing the derogation could spell the end for one in eight dairy family farms, a €555 ...

Séamus Boland (69) dropped out of school when he was about 13 years old to work on the family farm when his father got sick. From “the bogs of Offaly ”, a young Boland had dreams of becoming an actor.

The Irish Farmers' Association has told TheJournal.ie that they are willing to meet with Irish Minister for Health Simon Harris regarding comments he made on the possibility of Irish farmers growing ...

The UFU say the motion was first suggested in early summer, following the release of the Nutrients Action Programme ...

Irish farmers have joined forces with scientists in a bid to prevent the freshwater pearl mussel - one of Ireland's oldest and rarest animals - from going extinct. Fossil records show that the ...

The nitrates derogation is a key exception that allows Irish farmers to use more nitrogen than other EU farmers.

Over the weekend, I noted how, undaunted by the uproar in the Netherlands over the impact on farmers of rules limiting nitrogen emissions, Canada’s government was now looking to go down a similar ...

Foothills of fragrant olive groves blossomed on Abdul’s farm in Syria, before conflict forced him to flee. Now resettled in Ireland, the 73-year-old farmer is being given the chance to put down new ...

A third of of Northern Ireland's milk gets sold to the Republic of Ireland. Dairy farmers fear a hit to this lucrative trade if the U.K. leaves the E.U. without an agreement to keep the border open.

Counsel for the department, Michael Clancy instructed by State solicitor for Galway, Rachel Joyce, told the court that as a ...

Farmers in the tiny Irish village of Doonbeg have been told to not cut the grass or spread manure-based fertilizer while President Trump is in town. The edict came from the Irish police force Garda ...