IRELAND faces ‘devastating’ its own agricultural sectors with restrictive environmental measures while at the same time food imports from Brazil into the EU continue to rocket....
FARMERS and their families have been asked to prioritise their health and safety as we pass through the midwinter period. Connacht IFA Chair, Pat Murphy, said...
GALWAY IFA are calling on the Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, to make modifications to the new Sheep Improvement Scheme as a matter or urgency. Stephen...
PRESSURE is mounting this week on Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue, to make changes in the new ACRES environmental scheme which would enable more farmers to get...
A GREATER Garda presence in rural areas along with changes in the law to protect landowners from trespassers has been called for this week by a...
THE ‘big issue’ with West of Ireland farmers – highlighted at three regional IFA meetings in Galway last week – continues to be the new ACRES...
MEASURES in the new CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) to increase and improve women’s participation in farming have been welcomed by Galway IFA Farm Family and Social...
CHANGING times in farming and fears about the future has prompted Galway IFA to hold a series of meetings across the county over the coming week....
