McDonald's closure to have big impact on beef sector The decision by fast food outlet McDonald's to close all its Irish restaurants will have a massive impact on an already struggling beef sector. Coronavirus • 23 Mar 20
Food supply chains must be kept intact - Creed The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said it is imperative that food supply chains are kept intact during the Covid-19 crisis. Coronavirus • 21 Mar 20
Farmers' protest causes major traffic delays in Dublin A go-slow protest by farmers driving tractors and other farm machinery caused major traffic delays in Dublin this evening. Ireland • 16 Jan 20
Farmers urged to stay overnight in Dublin Farmers protesting in Dublin have been urged to stay in the city overnight. Ireland • 16 Jan 20
Farmers to hold protest in Dublin city centre Farmers are to stage a further protest in Dublin tomorrow over low beef prices. Ireland • 15 Jan 20
Retailers 'kingmakers' in beef price process - IFA The Government's task force to deal with issues in the beef sector has met for a second time in Dublin. Ireland • 09 Jan 20
Tim Cullinan elected president of IFA Tim Cullinan has been elected president of the Irish Farmers' Association. Ireland • 18 Dec 19
Farmers want new strategy to stop spread of bovine TB Farmers whose farms have been affected by occurrences of bovine TB have called for a new strategy to be rolled out urgently to tackle the ... Ireland • 13 Dec 19
Farmers plan further blockade over beef prices The Irish Farmers' Association has said a further blockade of a retail distribution centre is planned for Friday morning. Ireland • 06 Dec 19
Cattle prices the key issue as Beef Taskforce meets The first meeting of the Government's Beef Market Taskforce has concluded. Ireland • 03 Dec 19
Price paid to farmers 'can't be fair' - Taoiseach Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the ongoing low price farmers are being paid for their cattle "can't be fair". Ireland • 29 Nov 19
Court strikes out injunctions over beef price protests Injunctions preventing two protesters from blockading and intimidating people working or visiting a pet food manufacturing plant in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford have been formally struck ... Courts • 29 Nov 19
Injunctions over beef price protests to be struck out Controversial injunctions against two people who had been protesting at the C&D pet food factory in Co Longford are to be struck out at the ... Ireland • 28 Nov 19
Taoiseach: Govt cannot do anything about beef prices Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Government does not control beef prices and it cannot do anything about the amount paid to farmers. Ireland • 27 Nov 19
Farmers' protest causes major disruption in Dublin Protesting farmers who have blocked a number of roads in the centre of Dublin are demanding a meeting with Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed. Ireland • 27 Nov 19
Online tool launched to record price paid for cattle A new online tool to record the price farmers are paid for cattle has been launched. Agriculture • 21 Nov 19
Thousands of tractors cross Hamburg in farm protest Thousands of tractors slowed down traffic in Hamburg on Thursday as farmers converged on a conference of German environmental ministers and senators in the city. News Lens • 14 Nov 19
Beef exports to China set to increase ten-fold Irish beef exports to China are set to grow more than ten-fold in the next year, according to figures seen by RTÉ News. Business • 13 Nov 19
Cattle, trees, and climate change In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help remove excess carbon from the atmosphere, the Government wants 400 million trees planted in the next ... Climate Change • 12 Nov 19
'Zero tolerance' after reported farm budget abuse - EU The European Commission has declared it has "zero tolerance for fraud" after the New York Times alleged the gigantic EU agriculture budget shores up political ... World • 04 Nov 19
Farmers protest in Dublin over labelling of beef A group of farmers have staged a demonstration outside the offices of Bord Bia in Dublin, calling for an end of quality approved labels on ... Ireland • 02 Nov 19
Emissions targets a touchy subject in agriculture world The picture painted by an Environmental Protection Agency report this week is stark - once again our emissions targets are missed and once again agriculture ... Environment • 27 Oct 19
Fears of potato shortage as bad weather hits harvest Experts are warning of possible shortages of Irish potatoes in the coming months due to extremely wet conditions. Ireland • 22 Oct 19
Protesters used 'intimidatory tactics' at Dept - Creed The Minister for Agriculture has described the activities of protesters outside his department yesterday as "intimidatory tactics". Ireland • 15 Oct 19
Beef Taskforce adjourned after protests outside dept The first meeting of the newly formed Beef Market Taskforce has been adjourned until further notice following angry scenes outside the Department of Agriculture this ... Ireland • 14 Oct 19
