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50,000 football fans fly in for Aviva fixture
Colm McCarthy
Summer arrives on cue for airports and Dublin does not have spare parking stands for a once-off influx.
13 May 2024 News
Over €160m for rural regeneration projects
Record funding of €164m has been announced for 30 regeneration projects, with an aim to revitalise town centres, stimulate the rural economy and attract people to live, work and visit rural areas.
9 May 2024 News
Calls for immediate action to retain nitrates derogation at Tirlán AGM
The importance of the nitrates derogation was made clear at the Tirlán AGM and a call was made for an urgent national action plan, to put the best case forward for the retention of the derogation.
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
8 May 2024 Northern Ireland
Colm McCarthy: can Ireland become a large-scale exporter of electricity?
Across the Mediterranean, north African countries are eyeing up export opportunities for solar, as have locations in the Middle East.
8 May 2024 Viewpoints
Renault blends new hybrid system smoothly in Arkana refresh
Four years after Renault first launched the Arkana SUV, it has refreshed the mid-size model and given it a full hybrid drive treatment with ambitions to deliver diesel-like economy.
8 May 2024 Motors
FBD Insurance offers €140,000 in advertising support to small businesses
FBD Insurance has announced €140,000 in major advertising for SMEs to foster growth sustainability across multiple industries nationwide.
7 May 2024 News
Dundalk Show opens for entries
The Dundalk Show, taking place on Sunday 9 June, is now open for entries.
7 May 2024 News
Ireland's offshore wind potential
Ireland already has expensive electricity by European standards.
1 May 2024 Viewpoints
Livestock - its role in our economy and ecosystems
Professor Frank O’Mara, president of animal task force and director of Teagasc, outlines the role of livestock in our economy and ecosystem.
1 May 2024 Management
Colm McCarthy: how many airports is enough?
Some countries subsidise regional airports for understandable reasons – the Scottish and Greek islands or the remote Arctic provinces of Scandinavia are examples.
24 April 2024 Viewpoints
Farmers don’t need 'lecturing' on climate - Taoiseach
Taoiseach Simon Harris said it's time for the agricultural sector to start "getting treated with a little bit of respect."
24 April 2024 News