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Department could take over the inspection of small abattoirs
Rachel Donovan
Approximately 30 local authority veterinary inspectors carry out food safety duties at some 500 smaller abattoirs across the country.
25 April 2024 News
Meal subsidy would be of more benefit to fodder-short farmers - TD
A meal subsidy would be more beneficial than the current transport scheme for west and northwest farmers short of fodder, Deputy Marian Harkin has said.
17 April 2024 News
Dáil votes against debating Coolmore land purchases
Independent TD Michael McNamara raised the issue of John Magnier’s expanding land bank in the Dáil.
Sheep welfare scheme deadline 'unworkable' - ICSA
The deadline of 15 October for the completion of actions under the scheme does not align with practices on hill sheep farms, the ICSA has said.
11 April 2024 News
Lowry seeks fodder scheme for farmers from Harris
Tipperary TD Michael Lowry has confirmed he will vote for Simon Harris as Taoiseach on Tuesday.
5 April 2024 News
Simon Coveney to step away from cabinet
Simon Coveney has announced he does not wish to hold a position in Simon Harris’s new cabinet.
2 April 2024 News
10 times Leo Varadkar weighed in on farming matters
A TD for Dublin West since 2007, what has Leo Varadkar said on farming issues since becoming Taoiseach?
22 March 2024 News
Gardaí called over threats made to Department staff
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue confirmed that Department staff had been threatened verbally, physically and in writing.
20 March 2024 News
Varadkar resigns as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael
Varadkar will remain as Taoiseach until his successor is selected in mid-April when a vote will take place in the Dáil.
20 March 2024 News
One in 10 TDs and senators own farmland
Some 23 TDs and senators own farmland, according to the latest register of Oireachtas members' interests.
18 March 2024 News
Farmers know best how to restore nature, says Ó Cuív
Speaking at a Dáil debate on the nature restoration law, Éamon Ó Cuív said farmers should be the ones shaping nature restoration measures.
13 March 2024 News
‘Farmers have nothing to fear from the Nature Restoration Law’ - Minister Noonan
Speaking as part of a Dáil debate on the Nature Restoration Law, Minister Malcolm Noonan said farmers should see measures under the legislation as an opportunity.
7 March 2024 News