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There will be a 20% increase in the monkfish quota in the northwest

New fishing quotas agreed in Brussels

News • 16 Dec 15

At present ferries run to and from the mainland twice a day

Inis Mór ferry service faces new threat

News • 15 Dec 15

Former IFA general secretary Pat Smith earned almost €3.5m during his seven year tenure at the organisation

IFA Executive Council survives no confidence vote

News • 16 Dec 15

Chickens at a poultry farm in Hefei, eastern China

Call to reduce use of antibiotics in agriculture

News • 08 Dec 15

An election has been called to replace former president Eddie Downey, who resigned last week amid controversy over salaries

IFA sets deadline for presidential nominations

News • 03 Dec 15

A Japanese whaling ship leaves the port of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan

Japanese fleet resumes Antarctic whaling mission

World • 01 Dec 15

Mr Downey spoke publicly for the first time this morning since resigning as IFA president last week

Downey has 'no regrets' over IFA resignation

News • 01 Dec 15

Simon Coveney said it was not his role to tell the IFA what it should be doing.

Minister shocked by Smith's IFA salary

News • 27 Nov 15

Tim O'Leary said the association has to take a 'good hard look' at itself

Smith asks IFA to pay his €1m lump sum to charity

News • 26 Nov 15

IFA President Eddie Downey is stepping down

Downey resigns from IFA presidency

Ireland • 25 Nov 15

The new pilot scheme is part of the US-Ireland Research and Development Partnershi
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US announces partnerships with Irish institutions

News • 24 Nov 15

Simon Coveney said he wanted to wish Eddie Downey well, and said he had made 'a big and difficult decision'

Coveney welcomes IFA President's move to step back

Ireland • 24 Nov 15

Eddie Downey is to 'step back' from his role to allow a review of remuneration at the IFA to take place

Downey to 'step back' from IFA role pending review

News • 23 Nov 15

IFA president Eddie Downey is under pressure following the former general secretary's salary scandal

IFA president has full support, say officers

News • 23 Nov 15

Pat Smith stepped down as IFA general secretary yesterday

IFA general secretary earned €535k in 2013

News • 23 Nov 15

Mr Smith's resignation follows controversy surrounding his pay

Pat Smith resigns as IFA General Secretary

News • 19 Nov 15

The vessel has been escorted to Howth Harbour (file pic)

Trawler detained off Dublin coast

News • 06 Nov 15

Verdicts of death by drowning were returned at the inquest into the deaths of the brothers

State testing of boat emergency systems urged

News • 05 Nov 15

BEUC says customers are unwittingly buying minced beef with added sulphites among other issues

Concern over mislabelling of meat across EU

News • 04 Nov 15

The Guardian has conducted a seven-year investigation into the Irish prawn and whitefish sector

Problems for migrant fishermen 'an open secret'

News • 05 Nov 15

Simon Coveney has said a special garda unit has been investigating human trafficking allegations in the fishing industry

Fishermen trafficking claims 'a real concern'

News • 02 Nov 15

The body of the man who died after becoming trapped in a dumper truck he was working on was removed to University Hospital Limerick

Two men die in separate incidents in Co Clare

News • 23 Oct 15

The Government says regional development initiatives are born out of the success of the national Action Plan for Jobs process

Mid-West Action Plan aims for employment growth

Business • 19 Oct 15

The scheme aims to incentivise earlier intergenerational transfers of farms

Scheme to encourage farm transfers

Budget 2018 • 13 Oct 15

Since BSE was first identified in Britain in 1986, strict controls have tempered the spread of the disease

Welsh government reports 'mad cow' case

News • 01 Oct 15

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