Two key concessions by the Green Party in the talks were their proposals to ban live exports and a removal of the Nitrates Derogation.
Farmers fear the new Programme for Government will see funding "recycled" from current farm payments to pay for new measures.
German prosecutors have written to Madeleine McCann's parents to say "getting the culprit is more important than putting our cards on the table".
A lot of attention has focused on the potential negative impacts on our industry of the EU's Farm to Fork strategy.
After several weeks of gradual price pulls, last weekend saw a return to more normal factory service, with prices for lamb slashed by 10-30c/kg.
Minister Creed's comments in a recent Farming Independent interview about how we can't expect to farm like our fathers did are not a fair reflection of the attitude of farmers to the multiple challenges they face today.
Is a big push by the EU for organic farming the answer for the politicians grappling with Ireland's emissions' conundrum?
