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Farmer of the year award
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has congratulated award-winning students at St Colman’s College, Newry. Niall Murphy, winner of the...
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Farming out agri innovation
More than 80 agri students graduated from courses in food, packaging and communication at the Loughry Campus, College of Agriculture, Food...
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Earley was a show-stopper at Kildare
The Kildare County Show on Sunday the 16th of June did not disappoint. The weather was a worry in the...
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Final brick on Hannan Meats salt wall
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill marked the latest phase in the award-winning meat processor Hannan Meats’ development by placing the final salt...
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Engineering the quality of straw
Alistair Chambers from Carlow Town and a student at IT Carlow has won first prize in the Engineers Ireland Level...
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Tweeting farmers take the lead
Farmers Feed Families launched the first of its initiatives entitled Tweeting Farmers on the 6 June in Old Farm, Lorrha, Co...
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ICA carer up for Mom of the Year
“You are a mother you just get on with it.” These are the wise words of full-time carer and mother...
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Social media key for ICA
Social media and twitter are key to the future of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), its recent AGM in Portlaoise...
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ICA member celebrates her 103rd birthday
Lucy Carty, an Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) member from Bishopstown Cork celebrated her 103rd birthday recently. She celebrated this occasion...
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Communication key to European farm advice hubs
Knowledge transfer is key for European farm advisory services going forward. This was the main message at the Teagasc, the...
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Social farming to help people in need
Social farming has the potential to offer solutions to public service provision in rural areas and to re-connect farmers with...
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Heavy metal
Many people think that blacksmiths and metal workers no longer exist in Ireland and that they have to accept poor...
Agri-Business
Strawberry surge
There has been a huge surge in strawberry sales the past year, according to a Kantar survey just out. The...
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Teagasc hub to honour agri legend
The building of the new Paddy O’Keeffe Innovation Centre got under way yesterday with an official sod-turning event at Teagasc’s Animal...
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Woodturners guild that turns heads
The Irish Woodturners Guild is one of the oldest guilds of its type in the world. It has more than...
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Chinese agri science partnership with Teagasc
Ireland’s agricultural research agency Teagasc has signed a partnership deal with its Chinese counterpart to allow for the facilitation of...
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Oldest vet in Ireland celebrates his 100th birthday
Tipperary man Jack Powell is celebrating a life full of love, laughter and all things veterinary and vet related this...