WITH Pat Murphy’s tenure as Galway IFA Chairman coming to an end next month, there is growing speculation that three candidates will now throw their hats...
THE Chairman of Galway IFA has asked all farmers to take the first couple of weeks of the New Year to address any safety issues that...
AN increase in dairy incomes through 2017 should not overshadow the very real income pressures on the other farming sectors, IFA President Joe Healy has stressed...
HUNDREDS of farmers dotted across Galway and the West of Ireland region facing fodder shortages this winter are hoping that a national Crisis Action Team to...
THERE have been renewed calls this week for Agriculture Minister, Michael Creed, to ‘tune in’ to the fodder crisis that’s facing many farmers across the West...
THE decision by Transport Minister, Shane Ross, to revoke the Statutory Instrument (SI) introduced earlier this year on tractor testing, has been welcomed by local public...
A GALWAY IFA fund-raising initiative for the Cancer Care West charity – spearheaded by outgoing county chairman Pat Murphy – drew a whopping 72 tables to...
IT looks like being a case of ‘try again’ at next year’s Budget as the IFA attempts to get the stamp duty rate on agricultural land...