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'Quite simply, this government is failing farmers' - IFA president

IFA president Tim Cullinan has said dairy farm families feel betrayed by Minister McConologue and the government following the decision on the Nitrates derogation. “I have spoken to many dairy farmers since this was announced and a feeling of shock ...

18 Sept 2023 at 08:45

Farming

Limerick Farming : Time to upgrade - No need to fear change

Tim Ryan of IFAC Accountants explains why now may be the perfect time for farmers to take on new projects Changing Farm Structures One of the major decisions which can face farmers is whether to change their farm structure. There are many aspects ...

11 Sept 2020 at 17:30

Farming

Limerick farmers worried over cow dung court case

A MAJOR talking point in the County Limerick, and indeed, national farming community in the last week has been the result of a court case in Kilmallock. As reported in the Limerick Leader, a dairy farmer was fined €300 for permitting dung/urine ...

20 May 2018 at 10:00

Planning

Green light for County Limerick solar farm but €5m plan is on 'hold'

A GLOBAL company that has got planning for a €5m solar farm in east Limerick say the project is on “hold”. Engie Developments Ireland Ltd received permission for upto 20 acres of panels on lands at Dromsallagh, Cappamore, that would generate ...

18 Mar 2018 at 09:00

Farming

Milk price cut a big blow to Limerick farmers

THE County Limerick chairman of ICMSA’s national dairy committee says the milk price cuts announced by Kerry and Glanbia raise “fundamental questions about the continued lack of price transparency and whether parts of the supply chain are ...

19 Mar 2018 at 17:00

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Local farmer goes from driving a milk lorry to producing it

A FATHER-of-four has gone from driving a milk lorry to producing it on a dairy farm. Now milking 80 cows as a new entrant, Ciaran O’Connell farms with his wife Teresa in Ardnacrusha. They are hosting a dairy open day on Thursday, August ...

13 Aug 2017 at 08:00

Farming

Bull bought by Limerick man has over €1 million in semen sales

LIMOUSIN bull Elderberry Galahad who has over €1 million in semen sales for Dovea Genetics featured on the recent RTÉ documentary One Day: Keeping Ireland Company. He has proven to be the Limousin sire of the decade fathering around 50,...

13 Jan 2020 at 11:45

Farming

Fodder crisis: Farm bodies call for ‘dedicated budget’ and milk price support for Limerick farmers

MARCH milk price-setting must take account of “near catastrophic” weather says the chair of ICMSA’s dairy committee Gerald Quain, Colmanswell, said: “Against a background where the problems on farms seem to be growing by the day due ...

14 Apr 2018 at 11:00

Farming

Fodder crisis: ‘I didn’t sleep for 48 hours’ reveals Limerick farmer

TO PARAPHRASE the words of Gerry Adams, the fodder crisis “hasn’t gone away you know”. While the national media spotlight has disappeared, locals across County Limerick continue to struggle. The situation was beginning to improve ...

19 Apr 2018 at 15:00

Farming

Young Limerick man says social farming has changed his life

A YOUNG Abbeyfeale man took centre stage at a recent national conference in Dublin and told the audience how his experience of social farming had helped change his life. For Patrick O’Brien, the very experience of speaking ...

16 Apr 2018 at 10:54

Farming

Limerick farmers at wits’ end over lengthy winter

IT’S AN ILL east wind that blows no good and all week farmers from east and west Limerick have been queuing up for imported fodder. There is something very sick as this is the second time in five years that the winter ...

13 Apr 2018 at 06:00

Farming

WATCH: Shannon Airport's silage cutting a 'Godsend' for Limerick farmers

THE HARVESTING of up to 1,000 silage bales began at Shannon Airport this Friday to help farmers in the midst of the fodder crisis. IFA president Joe Healy described it as a “godsend”. Contractors rolled onto the 400 ...

20 Apr 2018 at 18:09

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