Earlier this year, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told farmers the Government had the back of the farming sector.
Since Clare farmer Tom Clair first took over the family farm almost 60 years ago, every aspect of the farming way of life has changed.
The wife of a US intelligence agent accused of killing a teenager in a car crash was spirited out of Britain on a private flight from a US airbase.
Donald Trump yesterday backtracked on his promise to withdraw US troops from Syria, after it provoked a firestorm of criticism.
The Trump administration blocked a key witness in the Ukraine scandal from testifying to the House of Representatives' impeachment investigation yesterday, leading Democrats to accuse the president of stonewalling.
Auctioneer Paddy Jordan probably claimed the title of selling the last farm before the increase in stamp duty announced in the Budget took effect.
French President Emmanuel Macron led a national tribute yesterday to the four police employees slain in last week's knife attack in Paris, calling them "victims of Islamic terrorism".