Galway

As of last Friday 6 December, poultry farmers have had to put in place a number of bio-security measures to reduce the risk of bird flu.

Two dogs ran sheep off the side of a cliff in west Galway, with the farmer now left searching for the missing ewes injured or dead.

A nationwide status yellow warning is in place until 3pm this Saturday following storm Darragh.

The red weather warning for wind, the highest level of caution Met Éireann can issue, is for seven western and northwestern counties.

The Department of Agriculture has introduced new regulations on the back of a case of bird flu being identified in a buzzard in Galway.

Animal disease respects no borders and ensuring a high level of veterinary service throughout the island benefits our entire agricultural community, writes Gerald Roarty

This week, Noel Bardon is joined by Shane Dolphin, who discusses the red tape facing young farmers and the key areas he is investing in to get a leased farm up and going.

Supermarkets have been proactively, whether intentionally or not, undermining the horticulture industry in Ireland, Kenneth Keavey of Green Earth Organics has said.