‘A cut to the national herd is inevitable, it's necessary. But the cut should occur on the beef side first.” This is leading economist Professor John Fitzgerald's frank view on where the “mature discussion” on the future of Irish dairy should start.
A remote part of Kerry is being used by the world's richest man, Elon Musk, as a location for a pilot project in the roll-out of a new satellite broadband system.
Farmers in Cork and Limerick often complain that Kerry customers, their pockets bulging with Kerry shares, provide stiff competition when they cross the border from the Kingdom to buy the bigger blocks of land.
Gavin Treacy started farming for himself when his neighbour gifted him and his sister, Andrea, two suck lambs in 2008. Those surplus suck lambs from their neighbour helped Gavin start his own flock on the family farm outside Loughrea, Galway.
The “mature discussion” being called for in the dairy sector will taste like sour milk to a lot of farmers.
IFA and Bord na Móna (BNM) held the first meeting of their new collaborative working group on the semi-state company's bog rewetting project last week.
