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Farmers

This year
2025
IFA president says cutting farm production would be 'national sabotage'
Family farms and 'land squeezes': Irish farmers tracking a 'wave' of purchases by wealthy buyers
Last year
2024
'Ming' Flanagan says there are 'serious trust' issues over safeguards in Mercosur trade deal
McConalogue says Ireland will scrutinise Mercosur deal and insist on standards safeguards
FactFind: What professions are over-represented (and under-represented) in the Dáil?
Teachers are overrepresented – but so are farmers lawyers, landlords and, unsurprisingly, career politicians.
The All Blacks wing descended from Irish potato farmers
FG's new MEP on online abuse, fighting for farmers and why she thinks passenger cap will cost jobs
A former champion jockey, Carberry became a household name after appearances on Dancing with the Stars and Ireland’s Fittest Family. But her next job is somewhat different.
'Everything I planted was dead': How Israeli attacks are devastating farmers in the West Bank
Sinn Féin dubs land tax disagreement between government parties a 'fake row'
'Ming' Flanagan on independents' popularity, his autism diagnosis and voters' move to the right
After nearly a decade in Brussels, Flanagan tells The Journal he can now see the merits of the European Parliament.
Good news - there'll be good sunny spells and plenty of dry weather this weekend
'The doom sits on your shoulders': Farmers share how weeks of wet weather have hit them hard
The Journal asked farmers to share their experiences of how they’ve been impacted by the weather conditions.
New payments for fodder transport announced in 'brutal year' for farming
Govt pauses non-essential farm inspections amid 'exceptional' weather conditions
EU member states agree to CAP review as tractors throng Brussels
Debunked: Image of mountainous hay bales before Eiffel Tower is not a real photograph
Farmer: Branding farmers far right isn’t simply wrong, it’s helping the far right
Thomas Duffy
Irish farmers take part in show of solidarity with tractor protests taking place across Europe
Irish farmers to hold rallies today in solidarity with protests by EU counterparts
Explainer: Why are farmers in France blocking the motorways?
All time
Farmer: 'We're in danger of becoming the climate scapegoats for fossil fuel interests'
Thomas Duffy
Jacinda Ardern on death threats, climate change and why social media is like alcohol
This year's potato harvest 'worst in recent memory', says IFA
Varadkar plans to bring Environment Commissioner to Irish farm to highlight 'well managed' beef and dairy sector
Ash dieback disease a ‘national emergency requiring a national response’ says independent report
Ryan says water quality 'not something we can concede on' pointing to Lough Neagh algae example
Taoiseach to seek meeting with EU Commission on nitrates derogation after meeting farmers
EU Chief vows 'agriculture and protection of the natural world can go hand in hand'
Tánaiste says meeting with farmer representatives at Fianna Fáil think-in has been ‘constructive’
Opinion: If proper funding is provided, farmers can recover from the nitrates derogation blow
Dr Catherine Conlon
Farmers say there will be 'massive ramifications' over decision to cut nitrate derogation limit
Three in four farmers would vote for a new farmers’ political party, survey shows
Opinion: We've just had the hottest week on record and we're cheering a gutted EU Nature bill?
Lorna Bogue
Supermarket price cuts can't come at the expense of farmers, McConalogue says
Some aspects of proposed Nature Restoration Law 'go too far' says Taoiseach
Holly Cairns says she'll talk to all parties after next election but 'change' is in the air
Over 80% believe national deer herd is damaging biodiversity as call for cull grows
Fine Gael remains the most popular political party among Irish farmers, poll shows
NI Protocol debacle can't be allowed to become 'huge headache' for farmers - Coveney
Irish farmers urged to grow more crops in response to Ukraine war