Farmer feed and forage costs rose by €500m in 2018, as adverse weather pushed up fodder prices, Central Statistics Office (CSO) data shows.
Donald Trump became the first US president to visit North Korea during a meeting with Kim Jong Un at the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone amid moves to revive talks on the pariah nation's nuclear programme in a bid for a legacy-defining accord.
President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un shook hands across the border at the Korean Demilitarised Zone, in an historic photo-op as Mr Trump sought to make a legacy-defining nuclear deal with the North.
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, could be barred from re-entering the US in the future if she chooses to renounce her American citizenship.
The new trade treaty between the European Union and Mercosur (the South American bloc) agreed last Friday will be welcomed by consumers seeking cheaper beef, fruit and coffee - but the Irish agriculture sector has united in opposition to it and has called on Leo Varadkar to use the Irish veto on the deal.
The Government is coming under pressure to oppose a new EU trade deal which would cut food prices for consumers but have potentially disastrous implications for Irish farmers.
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, could be barred from re-entering the US in the future if she chooses to renounce her American citizenship.
