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Department of Agriculture

budget 2025

PAC member sharply criticises Govt after it increases horse and greyhound funding to €99.1m

2 Oct 2024

6.4k

bargain town

Civil servant living in State-owned cottage for €104 per year 'not reasonable', says TD

12 Jul 2024

26.8k

bargain town

Civil servant living in Dept of Agriculture cottage for €2 a week for 12 years

11 Jul 2024

67.6k

Shannonside Foods

Horse abattoir at centre of welfare abuses investigation shut down by Agriculture Minister

16 Jun 2024

45.5k

Horse racing sector

Horse racing bodies to appear before Dáil committee next week amid abattoir revelations

14 Jun 2024

12.6k

Shannonside Foods Ltd

Horse Racing Ireland 'shocked and appalled' at abuses exposed in Ireland's only horse abattoir

Updated 13 Jun 2024

69.1k

Shannonside Foods Ltd

Horse Racing Ireland 'shocked and appalled' at abuses exposed in Ireland's only horse abattoir

Updated 13 Jun 2024

3.6k

Ash blowback

Forestry group says €80 million ash dieback scheme is of ‘no benefit to those in trouble’

2 May 2024

9.9k

wet weather

New payments for fodder transport announced in 'brutal year' for farming

9 Apr 2024

8.4k

Bad Weather

Govt pauses non-essential farm inspections amid 'exceptional' weather conditions

4 Apr 2024

7.1k

glyphosate

Glyphosate accounts for 30% of pesticides in Ireland, with residues found in some food samples

3 Jan 2024

20.2k

Mad Cow Disease

Dr Catherine Conlon: Where does BSE come from and what are the risks?

Dr Catherine Conlon

9 Nov 2023

10.6k

The Morning Lead

EPA releases industrial water register for first time - but redacts almost 150 farm businesses

28 Aug 2023

22.4k

Succession

New grant of €1,500 to help older farmers plan for the inheritance of their land

9 Aug 2023

17.0k

WRC

Investigations unit in Dept of Agriculture 'decimated' by 'interference', whistleblowers claim

1 Aug 2023

46.5k

Public Accounts Committee

Investigation launched at Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board over 'grave' financial issue

29 Jun 2023

4.8k

Public Accounts Committee

Investigation launched at Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board over 'grave' financial issue

29 Jun 2023

17.2k

Weather

Defence Forces available 'at all times' to respond to wildfires as warning issued

7 Jun 2023

7.8k

The Morning Lead

Department of Agriculture pressured EPA not to release list of farms pumping from rivers

3 Jun 2023

35.7k

Animal Welfare

Dogs seized as greyhound allegedly 'found being eaten by wildlife' near trainer's yard

20 May 2023

36.1k

orange warning

'High risk' orange forest fire warning in place until Saturday evening

20 Apr 2023

11.6k

War in Ukraine

Ireland to contribute funding to delivery of 500 tonnes of seed potatoes to Ukraine

10 Apr 2023

16.7k

greyhound racing ireland

Dogs found dumped in Kildare bog likely suffered 'traumatic injuries'

3 Feb 2023

28.7k

Farming

Cabinet to sign off on new Common Agicultural Policy worth close to €10 billion for farmers

4 Oct 2022

7.3k

Animal Welfare

Gardaí and Department of Agriculture probing deaths of 400 bull calves on Co Limerick farm

7 Sep 2022

28.7k

Afforestation

New scheme will allow landowners to plant one hectare of trees without forestry licence

31 Aug 2022

31.1k

Investigation

Over the Hill: Persistent overgrazing causing 'devastation' in vulnerable habitats

5 Jun 2022

21.9k

bird flu outbreak

Public advised not to handle sick or dead birds amid concerns over bird flu

25 Nov 2021

11.0k

Galway

Avian Flu detected in wild falcon in Galway

4 Nov 2021

16.6k

Control of animals

Almost 20,000 horses euthanised after being seized by local authorities over past ten years

19 Jul 2021

27.9k

Funding

Minister told greyhound racing not sustainable from commercial perspective during Covid prior to State funding boost

11 Feb 2021

15.8k

Avian Influenza

Enhanced measures put in place to keep bird flu out of flocks

30 Nov 2020

10.8k

Disease

Strain of avian influenza found in wild bird in Limerick

7 Nov 2020

31.6k

sanitiser

Public told not to purchase non-registered hand sanitising products

29 Oct 2020

55.6k

pigs and boars

Farmers warned over outbreak of deadly African Swine Fever in Germany

11 Sep 2020

22.8k

stay alert

Departments warn of scams asking people for bank details

23 Jul 2020

16.9k

lyssavirus

Exposure to rabies-like virus found in animal in Cork

25 Jan 2020

31.0k

mooving up in the world

Droimeann cattle officially recognised as native rare Irish breed

8 Jan 2020

18.1k

beef protests

Farmer protests end outside factories - but meat industry says 100,000 cattle in backlog

23 Sep 2019

12.4k

Animals

Around 40 knackeries close down temporarily as losses mount

10 Sep 2019

29.3k

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