Last week, I found myself in Roscommon at a substantial c167ac farm at Ballinaheglish, about 15km west of the county town. The holding, with a good range of farm buildings,...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Farming
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Farming
All rural dwellers and visitors have been urged to be extra vigilant as silage harvesting gets under way.
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Farming
Tomorrow is the deadline for BPS applications, and May 31 the deadline for amending BPS applications without a penalty. BPS applications made after May 15 will incur a 1pc penalty...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Farming
"Factories have sheep-men in a headlock." The words of one sheep farmer yesterday on the current relationship between factories and their suppliers. And "headlock" it is in relation to prices,...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Farming
There has been a lot of focus this spring on improving the beef traits of the non-replacement calves produced from the national dairy herd. The key recommendations include using sexed...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Farming
Last week, I found myself in Roscommon at a substantial c167ac farm at Ballinaheglish, about 15km west of the county town. The holding, with a good range of farm buildings,...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Farming
A major spike in entitlement trading has been reported in the run-up to tomorrow's application deadline for CAP area-based schemes such as the BPS, ANC and GLAS.
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Farming
Convicted murderer Pat Quirke confirms our worst suspicions that Ireland's most ambitious dairy farmers are greedy so-and-sos that will stop at nothing in their thirst for more.
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
Union members backed a motion calling on the Government to oppose US President Donald Trump visiting the country.
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
President Donald Trump ran for office vowing to extricate the United States from entanglements abroad. But his administration now finds itself juggling three national security crises overseas - with Iran,...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to push through a new law that would allow parliament to protect his immunity from prosecution, as he faces possible indictment in three...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Farming
All rural dwellers and visitors have been urged to be extra vigilant as silage harvesting gets under way.
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
Conor McGregor is off the hook for allegedly smashing a fan's phone outside a hotel in Florida, after the complainant stopped co-operating with prosecutors.
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
Jacob Rees-Mogg has urged British Prime Minister Theresa May to quit to end the "complete vacuum of leadership" as he claimed the majority of Tory members he meets say they...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
The former secretary of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club has been fined £6,500 (€7,500) and ordered to pay £5,000 (€5,765) costs for failing to ensure the health and safety of fans...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
Sweden reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange yesterday and will seek his extradition from Britain.
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
Doris Day, who has died aged 97, was cast so frequently in roles requiring her to assume an air of cheerful chastity that the film composer Oscar Levant was once...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
Actress Felicity Huffman has pleaded guilty to allegations she paid $15,000 (€13,300) to rig her daughter's SAT score as part of a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme.
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2bn to a couple who claimed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer, in the largest US jury verdict to...
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited the two New Zealand mosques where 51 worshippers were killed by a gunman in March.
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
A team of federal accident investigators is expected to arrive in Alaska on Tuesday to try to piece together what caused a deadly midair collision between two sightseeing planes.
Posted by | May 14, 2019 | Breaking News
Three people have died after two sightseeing planes collided in mid-air in south-east Alaska, the US Coast Guard said.
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Science & Tech
Lenovo is showing off not a foldable phone but a prototype of what the Chinese company claims as the first “foldable PC,” ThinkPad laptop.
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Science & Tech
Lenovo foldable laptop prototype due in 2020. Don't expect it to be cheap.
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Breaking News
A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2bn (€1.78bn) to a couple who claimed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer, marking the third consecutive U.S. jury...
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Business
A US jury has awarded $2 billion in punitive damages to a California couple after concluding that Roundup weed killer caused their cancer and that Monsanto, now owned by Bayer,...
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Breaking News
U.S. President Donald Trump praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday, describing him as "like me, a little controversial," and brushing off concerns about threats to democratic norms in...
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Breaking News
Previously unseen pictures of Kate Middleton working on designs for her Chelsea Flower Show garden have been released by Kensington Palace.
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Science & Tech
The freshly designed Apple TV app for the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV box is meant to help you more easily find TV shows and movies you want to watch.
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Science & Tech
Save almost $80 on this incredible 8-quart multi-cooker today.
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Business
After an extensive slump since the end of last year, Bitcoin prices have now spiked to a nine-month high of almost $8,000, leaving analysts and enthusiasts questioning what might have...
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Breaking News
Premier League referee Mike Dean led the celebrations as Tranmere booked their place in the League Two play-off final.
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Science & Tech
It's getting hot outside, so we made some ice cream. And things got...steamy. (Turn your sound on for extra steam.)
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Breaking News
Police investigating the death of a 15-year-old girl believed to have taken MDMA have arrested a teenage boy on suspicion of drugs offences.
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Breaking News
Chester Zoo has revealed its new baby giraffe is a girl.
Posted by | May 13, 2019 | Science & Tech
In addition to paying more, Facebook said it's adding tools for moderators to have graphic images blurred out, for example, before they see them.
