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Dairy expansion

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Tirlán the first to react to the new realities

With dairy expansion now fettered by environmental restrictions, what Tirlán is doing is likely to be the template across the entire dairy co-op movement.

26 June 2024 Dealer

Opinion: Kelleher, Cowen and co get a dose of Andrews' Liversalts

The Fianna Fáil candidate for the Dublin constituency set the cat among the, er, dairy cows, as he stated his opposition to the nitrates derogation days before polling.

8 June 2024 Opinion

Irish emissions reduction stagnates

The latest EPA report tells us that we are not moving fast enough to achieve the level of reduction in emissions that we have legislated for.

5 June 2024 Climate and environment
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More questions than answers on TB in cattle

Farmer frustration with bovine TB controls is about much more than a loose comment in a ministerial response to a written parliamentary question.

8 May 2024 Dealer
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McConalogue gets his cow cull for free

Cow numbers are being cut by stealth, farmers say. And they are right. But this was entirely predictable, and their opposition to a cow reduction scheme has taken it off the table.

24 April 2024 Dealer