The cows are finally all dried of and a well earned break is now on the agenda. As much as the cows will gain some body condition, I have no...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Farming
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Farming
The continued strength of the land market was evident in the sale a 237ac non-residential tillage, grazing and forestry holding at Clonmantagh, near Urlingford in Co Kilkenny which made in...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Farming
Evidence of “strong market demand” for cattle slaughtered under 30 months of age has been identified across foodservice, retail and third country markets, according to a draft independent report.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
The pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges for families around the world managing work and home life. For the Di Giacobbe family, the juggling is even trickier since mom and dad...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
The faux outrage being expressed over the UN agency stepping in to provide for hungry children in London is misplaced. Focus on the problem's root causes – and bring about...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the U.S. over its atomic program, satellite photos obtained Friday by The Associated...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
President-elect Joe Biden says he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
It's a hurry up and wait moment on Capitol Hill as congressional negotiators on a must-pass, almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package struggled through a handful of remaining snags....
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
President Donald Trump's administration helped deliver vaccinations against the coronavirus earlier than even some in his administration thought possible, but the president has been largely absent from the effort to...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
When Susan Moriarty drew the curtains in her home at around 8.30am yesterday her eyes were met with a disquieting scene.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Federal authorities are expressing increased alarm about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian hackers. The nation's...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Christmas and New Year festivities will be curtailed as pubs, restaurants and home visits face an earlier clampdown due to alarm over rising levels of Covid-19.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street hit a new high on optimism about economic stimulus and coronavirus vaccine development despite a spike in U.S. unemployment claims. Tokyo,...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
When Gov. Gavin Newsom provided a dire view of California's out-of-control surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations this week, he referred to projection models of future death and misery that...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Not long ago, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti looked like he was going places. The two-term Democrat who considered a 2020 White House run became part of Joe Biden's inner...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
More than 300 students kidnapped in northwest Nigeria last week have been freed after being held captive for six days, according to government officials. In all, 344 students have been...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
With health care workers the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and residents and staff of longterm care facilities next, Americans are asking when it will be their turn to...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Science & Tech
Video game 'Cyberpunk 2077' arrived with some players encountering bugs. Sony's PlayStation online store has removed it and refunds are planned.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said his agency will move to quickly authorise a second Covid-19 vaccine for the US to fight the pandemic, hours...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Thousands of Christmas commuters will take to the roads and rail today as the country is opened for travel once again.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
When Susan Moriarty drew the curtains in her home at around 8.30am yesterday her eyes were met with a disquieting scene.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Senate Republicans may be acknowledging president-elect Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump, but the politically charged fight over Mr Trump's claims about voter fraud rages on – and threatens to...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Long queues formed outside a Covid test centre last night after all 386 pupils, as well as staff, in a Co Kerry primary school were told they had to be...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Russian president Vladimir Putin dismissed new information linking Russian secret services to the near-fatal poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, saying if Russia had wanted to kill the politician it...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
A police investigation into potential breaches of coronavirus regulations at the funeral of veteran republican Bobby Storey in west Belfast has concluded.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Northern Ireland will enter a hard lockdown on St Stephen's Day for six weeks as the situation there was described as “quite dire”.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
A Lousiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 of marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless has been freed from prison.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
The suspect in the Lockerbie bombing set to face new US charges should stand trial in Scotland or the International Criminal Court, not in America, says relatives of the terror...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia has declined to rule out a formal protest against Democrat Joe Biden's victory when Congress convenes next month to certify the presidential election results.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Christmas and New Year festivities will be curtailed as pubs, restaurants and home visits face an earlier clampdown due to alarm over rising levels of Covid-19.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Bearing two kilograms of lunar rock and soil, China's Chang'e-5 capsule touched down on the frozen steppes of Inner Mongolia early yesterday and vaulted China into the ranks of only...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
It's the week before Christmas but the festive mood is dampened again with grim warnings about the rising spread of Covid-19.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
An early winter wallop of snow, sleet and ice slammed parts of mid-Atlantic and north-east America on Wednesday and yesterday, bringing accumulations exceeding 100cm in spots and a slick glaze...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Brazil's supreme court says coronavirus vaccination can be made mandatory, delivering a blow to the nation's nascent anti-vaccine movement.
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
President-elect Joe Biden announced Thursday that he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Business
South Korea has reported 1,062 new cases of the coronavirus, its third straight day of over 1,000, as authorities in Seoul warn that hospital beds are in short supply. Seoul...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Illinois' largest county is recognizing Juneteenth as an official holiday and a paid day off for county workers. Juneteenth will be one of 14 government holidays granted to all Cook...
Posted by | December 18, 2020 | Politics
Gov. Brian Kemp says the state of Georgia will keep paying for extra nurses to assist hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities that have struggled to find staff...
