NEXT Sunday will be an emotional day for a number of Galway sheep breeders as, after a 35-year break, the Belclare breed make an official return...
A CONNEMARA farmer, who erected a wire fence in order to keep his sheep off the road, became the subject of a planning appeal to An...
GALWAY sheep farmers are hoping that the first drop in lamb prices that started to click in last week won’t continue through the month of August....
THE inclusion last week of sheep fencing grants in the TAMS II scheme ‘with immediate effect’ has been warmly welcomed by representatives of the sector. Minister...
AN urgent plea has been issued by the IFA in the run-up to the lambing season for dog owners to ensure that their pets are kept...
FEARS that the proposed new Teagasc commercial suckler farm in Athenry could have a negative impact on the sheep research facility there have been allayed, according...
BY ANTHONY O’CONNOR JANUARY heralds a new year and the first shoots of new growth throughout the countryside. It is a good time of the year...
CONNEMARA hill and commonage farmers this week secured a joint meeting with Ministers Simon Coveney and Jimmy Deenihan, over financial losses they could suffer this year...
