Agriculture Minister Michael Creed has warned farmers that blocking city traffic with tractor protests only alienates urban-dwellers who they really need as allies.
Hunched over and shuffling along with his walking frame, Harvey Weinstein's pitiful arrival at court yesterday to begin his trial for rape and sexual assault was like something straight out of his films.
The United States last night said it was moving troops out of Baghdad at the request of the Iraqi government.
Teagasc is open to signing a memorandum of understanding with the Agricultural Consultants Association (ACA) in a bid to improve relations between the farm advisory body and private consultants.
As the mortars and rockets crashed in on British soldiers defending Basra Palace in early 2007, it became apparent that much of the ammunition in the hands of the Iraqi Shia militias who were attacking had originated from Iran - supplied by the late Major General Qasem Soleimani's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force.
2020 has started brightly enough for sheep farmers as tightening supplies continue to push factory and mart prices higher.
Every farming year is characterised by an event or occurrence which will be etched it in the memory of the wider agricultural community for years to come. The drought of 2018, removal of milk quotas in 2015 and the horrible wet weather of 2012/13 are good examples.
