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Opinion: The relationship between farming and pharma is closer than you might like
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This year
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Pippa Hackett: Farmers are being treated as pawns in the rural economy
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Pippa Hackett: It’s criminal (except it isn’t) that landowners can destroy hedgerows without permission
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Pippa Hackett: We need to move fast to improve our forestry cover in Ireland
Pippa Hackett
Opinion: 'The shift coming in Irish agriculture must be transformational - but it will be positive too'
Pippa Hackett
Column: Ireland's forestry industry has hit a blockade - here's a way we can get through it
Pippa Hackett