THREE hundred years of horse fairs in Ballinasloe will be celebrated this coming weekend when the event returns following the Covid interruption of recent years. The...
WESTERN farm leaders have expressed alarm at reports that the Government could be considering a massive cull of the suckler cow herd to meet climate change...
A PROPOSED six-months testing requirement for all bovine animals moving herds will now only apply to cows and males over 36-months old, following discussions over recent...
JOHN HARNEY from Mountpleasant first joined the Ballinasloe Horse and Agriculture Show Committee, all of 60-years ago, on April 24, 1962. Both John and the show...
Galway’s best plough men and women are counting down the days to next week’s National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois, where an additional draw at...
THE decision last week by Arrabawn to close its facility in Kilconnell brings into focus the whole future of liquid milk production – not just in...
THE Independent TD and turfcutting representative, Michael Fitzmaurice, has said that he is not overly-concerned as regards new restrictions to be introduced curtailing the advertisement of...
ANY farmer who has to have a second TB test in the one year – now to be required under new EU regulations for older animals...
