Rural Life
Agriland chatted with farmers and rural dwellers at Rural Ireland Against Fox Hunting's protest to understand why they view this practice as an issue.
The Taoiseach wouldn't be drawn on whether an extension for hedge cutting will be provided when the matter was raised in the Dáil today.
Agri Politics
Over 20 TDs in Dáil Éireann have declared that they owned farmland or forestry during 2025 according to new data.
Sheep
A Fine Gael TD has appealed to the government to provide support to a Carlow farmer who recently lost 15 sheep in floods.
The Government has won a late night vote in the Dáil supporting Larry Murrin in his position as chair of Bord Bia.
Sinn Féin has called on backbench TDs in the government parties to vote in favour of its motion to remove Larry Murrin as chair of Bord Bia.
Agri-Business
The Beef Plan Movement has called on farmers to attend a protest that is set to take place outside Leinster House tomorrow.
The Taoiseach has told the Sinn Féin leader that Bord Bia has been "performing exceptionally well" after she called for its chair to resign.
The Taoiseach has said Ireland is "still working" on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) safeguards in relation to the Mercosur trade agreement.
The Irish government has been accused of neglecting its responsibility to defend Irish farmers in relation to the Mercosur trade deal.
Pig/Poultry
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine pledged in the Dáil to support the poultry sector against the heightened risk of bird flu.
Farmers from across the country are set to protest outside Leinster House later this month over concerns around greenway projects.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine wants to deal with the "current vaccination approach" as part of his new plan to tackle TB.
A TD for Tipperary South has told the Dáil that an ACRES farmer has "received a payment of just €300 when he was due €5,000" in July.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said 'everybody is going to have to do a little bit more" in the battle against TB.
Animal activists have said a new bill to be introduced by non-government TDs will have a "catastrophic effect" on pig farming if passed.
The Minister for Health has been asked if pharmacists could be enabled to prescribe "antiparasitic medicines for food-producing animals".
A Fine Gael TD has raised the issue of the "development of mass areas of solar farms" and the increase in TB cases in the Dáil.
People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger has introduced a bill seeking to ban fox hunting in Ireland in the Dáil.
People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger is set to ramp her efforts to ban fox hunting in Ireland.
A DAFM minister of state has told the Dáil that "many Irish farms would not survive financially without CAP payments.
Minister Martin Heydon has told the Dáil that concerns farmers have around GAEC 2 are "misplaced for a variety of reasons".
Taoiseach Micheál Martin today (Thursday, April 24) confirmed that the new chair of the Oireachtas...
