As farmers rush to beat the mid-October slurry deadline, lessons can be learned from the experience of Mike Broderick who lost two animals and very nearly his own life to slurry gas.

Mike Broderick came too close for comfort… Continue reading →

New legislation could save farmers – and their partners – money in eyesight, hearing and dental treatment

Most people will be aware that PRSI contri-butions (class S) made by the self-employed will entitle them to a contributory old age pension,… Continue reading →

As the winter sets in, more people start drying their clothes indoors. However, as the Asthma Society of Ireland has warned, that many of the 15,894 asthmatics in Donegal could be damaging their health by doing so.

“Research has shown… Continue reading →

Quad seized by Donegal Gardai

Members of An Garda Siochana in Letterkenny in Co. Donegal have seized a quad being driven on a public road.

A tweet posted on the official Twitter page for An Garda Siochana stated that the… Continue reading →

An Irish sheepdog sold for over €11,000 at a sale in England last Friday, 13 October.

The trade, according to the organisers, was “unprecedented” with 120 dogs sold for a record average price of £2,694 (€3,036).

Michael Gallagher, right,… Continue reading →

Northern Ireland’s Anaerobic Digestion (AD) sector is set to rocket within the next half decade.

A government official who deals with the processing of applications revealed there are currently 103 AD sites either in construction or already approved in the… Continue reading →

Natural weaning could take up to a year or longer, as a cow will naturally know she can’t feed two calves and wean her own calf before the birth of the next.

In our modern systems we aim to speed… Continue reading →

The HSE today (Monday, 09/10/2017) is again urging people in at-risk groups to get vaccinated against influenza as figures show that vaccine uptake rates in people aged 65 and over increased in Ireland last year.

It issued a warning last… Continue reading →

A new campaign, FraudSMART, launched today, October 9 as part of Ireland’s inaugural Financial Fraud Awareness Week, could not be timelier as campaign research found that 58% of people in Ireland believe they are more vulnerable to fraud now, than two years ago.… Continue reading →

New guidelines to encourage bee-friendly farming were launched at this week’s Ploughing Championships by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle.

A solitary bee, Anthidium florentinum (family Megachilidae), visiting Lantana

Pollinators – our… Continue reading →