Locals in the Black Valley, Co Kerry, have had to get used to the delayed arrival of new technology.
One of the country's most senior civil servants has warned Cabinet ministers that the €3bn National Broadband Plan does not represent value for money for taxpayers, the Sunday Independent can reveal.
A massive clean-up operation began yesterday after Storm Hannah's gusts which topped 120km/h hammered coastal areas, knocked trees and left thousands of homes without power.
Do you ever wonder how machinery companies manage to make their wearing parts tough enough to withstand years of work in difficult soils?
Processors have been accused of ignoring the plight of struggling pig farmers by failing to pass on the full benefit of market improvements in recent price increases.
The EU Parliament wound up its current term in office last week by backing voter-friendly moves to improve food quality and pesticide approvals. But the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) still hangs in the balance.
From the age of 16, Queen of the Land Louise Crowley knew she wanted to become a farmer. With this in mind, she decided against filling out a CAO form and instead attended Pallaskenry Agricultural College, a 20 minute drive from her family's dairy farm in Tullovin, Croom, Co Limerick.
