Rural Life
Swedish national broadcaster seeks single farmers
Single farmers from counties Clare and Galway are being sought by SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster. It will be in...
Galway
Rural Life
Court: Judge insists farmer must attend court in assault case
By Gordon Deegan A judge has told a court that a farmer’s new baby will be one month old by the...
Rural Life
University of Galway teams up with FAO to combat hunger
University of Galway has announced a partnership with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to combat hunger and...
Rural Life
Galway man urges farmers to speak up about mental health
After an extremely difficult year in farming, Galway farmer, Shay Concannon, is urging farmers experiencing mental health issues to open...
Rural Life
Crowds expected to flock to 'Olympics of sheep shearing'
Competitors from across the globe will descend on Co. Galway this weekend for the All-Ireland and All Nationals Sheep Shearing...
Rural Life
Tributes paid following death of young Co. Galway dairy farmer
Tributes have been paid following the death of a young dairy farmer from Renvyle, Co. Galway, named locally as Rian Sheridan,...
Rural Life
'Morale is still low' following farming protests nationwide - Canavan
Following farming protests in Co. Galway today (Monday, March 25) and meetings with local county councillors, Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)...
Rural Life
'Social prescribing' aims to tackle loneliness head-on
A new service in Tuam, Athenry, and Loughrea, being rolled out by Galway Rural Development and the HSE, labelled ‘social...
Rural Life
Galway farmer brushes shoulders with horses and supermodels
It could be said that celebrity hairdresser and art director, James Brown, brings a star quality to farming – tending...
Environment
Strategic planning is a 'stepping stone' to protect wildlife
Galway City Council has confirmed this week that it is applying Bluesky International’s National Tree Map (NTM) data to help...
Rural Life
Gardaí discover cannabis grow houses in rural Galway properties
Gardaí have arrested three people following the discovery of two cannabis grow houses in rural Co. Galway. As part of...
Rural Life
Galway man left paralysed from farm accident learns to swim
A Co. Galway man who was paralysed from the chest down following a farm accident will be helped to sea...
Rural Life
MADRA asks farmers to cease unplanned pregnancies in working dogs
Animal rescue organisation, MADRA (Mutts Anonymous Dog Rescue and Adoption) has made an impassioned plea to farmers to bring a...
Agri Politics
Independent Ireland recruits Galway cllr. for local elections
The recently formed new rural party, Independent Ireland has announced another recruit to run on behalf of the party in...
Rural Life
Court: Galway farmer contests charge of throwing dung at TD
By Gordon Deegan A Co. Galway farmer alleged to have thrown a bag containing cow dung in the direction of Minister of...
Rural Life
Court: Neighbouring farmers found guilty of assault after row
By Gordon Deegan A south Galway farmer arrived without shoes and socks at a neighbour’s farmyard and told his neighbour...
Agri-Business
Chanelle Pharma sold to private equity firm
Chanelle Pharma, has been sold by its founder Michael H Burke to Exponent, a European private equity firm. The terms...
Agri-Business
Watch: Taoiseach opens state-of-the-art food business campus
Ireland’s first National Centre of Excellence dedicated to supporting start-up, micro and small food businesses was officially opened by An...