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Posted by The Analyst | 27 April 2020 | Farming
Pictures: Top-class dairy farm with 158ac and housing for 500 head of stock sells for almost €16,000/ac

Suircastle, a 158ac residential farm near Golden in south Tipperary, sold recently making in excess of €2.5m or almost €16,000/ac.

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Posted by The Analyst | 27 April 2020 | Politics
If the UK government brings in a new round of austerity to pay for Covid-19, it’ll spark civil unrest that will see cities burn

George Osborne, the former Tory chancellor and architect of the post-2008 austerity regime, this week advocated a new round of swingeing cuts to state spending once the pandemic is over. But the poor won't stand for it this time. Many of us are now looking out to the future – and when I say that...

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Posted by The Analyst | 27 April 2020 | Farming
Newborn twins ensure names of tragic Spence men will live on

The sister of the late Ulster Rugby star Nevin Spence, who died along with his brother Graham and father Noel in a farm accident, has announced the birth of twin boys.

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Posted by The Analyst | 27 April 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Mosque’s makeshift morgue shows virus toll on UK minorities

The holy month of Ramadan is underway, and the Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif in Birmingham should be full of worshippers. But this year, the main arrivals are the dead. … Click to Continue »

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Posted by The Analyst | 27 April 2020 | Farming
Mink found to have coronavirus on two Dutch farms – ministry

Two mink farms in the Netherlands have been put into quarantine after animals were found to be infected with the new coronavirus, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday, urging people to report any other likely cases in the animals.

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Posted by The Analyst | 27 April 2020 | Farming
Bayer more stringent in glyphosate settlement talks due to downturn

German drugs and pesticides company Bayer said the economic downturn has prompted it to take a tougher stance in talks to settle claims its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer, even as its earnings rose.

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Posted by The Analyst | 27 April 2020 | Farming
Couple challenge permission for afforestation near Marble Arch Caves

A couple have brought a legal challenge to permission for afforestation on what they say are extremely sensitive lands near special conservation areas adjoining their home near the Border in Blacklion, Co Cavan.

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