Head-to-head: IFA presidential Candidates
Francie Gorman from Laois and Martin Stapleton from Limerick are in the running to replace...
Making connections
At the recent Agricultural Science Association (ASA) conference, Margaret Berry – head of...
The system of sustainable food production
Just over one year on from her appointment to the role of vice president for environment, social...
McCormack on the home straight
After almost 17 years as a farmer representative, culminating in the presidency of the Irish...
Ireland’s Pelé of ploughing vying for five
Bernie Commins spoke to the Pelé of Ploughing, Carlow tillage and grassland farmer, Eamonn...
‘I am a price setter now’
The Scully family run an organic farm and gluten-free milling company in Co. Laois, with an...
The dangers posed to food safety
Recently, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) welcomed global food regulators to Dublin...
Run, Don’t Walk
Dairy farming in Ireland has never been under such public scrutiny. While farmers across the...
Driving Collaborative AG-TECH
Matt O’Keeffe talks to Catherine Lascurettes, Chief Operating Officer for the newly fledged...
‘Some of what was shown suggest illegality, we are investigating that’
Editor of Irish Farmers Monthly, Matt O’Keeffe discussed a wide variety of issues with Martin...
Sustaining momentum
The Agricultural Science Association (ASA) hosts its annual conference next month. The event...
Cow reduction scheme: 'Any action would be voluntary'
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, spoke to...
‘Talk of leadership change is very premature at this stage’
Irish Farmers Monthly editor, Matt O’Keeffe recently had the opportunity to sit down with...
Tirlán prospers
Irish Farmers Monthly editor, Matt O’Keeffe spoke to CEO of Tirlán, Jim Bergin, as the food and...
Renewed confidence
PJ McCarthy, CEO and founding member of Renewable Gas Forum Ireland (RGFI), talks about the...
Here comes the sun
According to Pat Smith, MD of Local Power Ireland, Solar PV will be on every farm in the country...
Catching a glimpse
A look at how Ireland’s membership of the European Economic Community (EEC), as it was known 50...
‘We were completely tied by the apron strings to the UK economy’
Former agriculture minister, Mary Coughlan, was just a child when Ireland officially became...
Ireland joining the EU: ‘What was the alternative?’
John Bruton recalls a time before membership of the European Economic Community (EEC) when...
‘Fifty years later, that Common Market is unrecognisable’
Michael Berkery’s views on the impact of Ireland’s decision to join the European Economic...