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# Farming

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The Cattle Raid of Cooley is our national epic - and still has resonance for modern rural life
John Connell
19 Mar 2018
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29
This sheep farmer is leading the push to set up Ireland's first hemp co-op
11 Mar 2018
39.9k
25
Coillte says it will work with farmers who haven't been paid
1 Feb 2018
10.4k
19
Cows are by far the most dangerous animal for Ireland's most dangerous job
12 Jan 2018
28.4k
44
'If someone breaks into your house you should do whatever you have to to take them on'
7 Jan 2018
53.8k
93
47 people died in workplace accidents last year (and 14 of them were elderly farmers)
3 Jan 2018
11.0k
18
The most common jobs in Ireland are in sales, retail and farming
14 Dec 2017
54.9k
36
Ireland's food security: 'It's said that modern civilisation is three meals deep'
Mícheál Callaghan
14 Dec 2017
32.2k
38
'A reality check for science': Controversial weedkiller gets five-year licence extension from the EU
27 Nov 2017
31.4k
55
'Prove to us it's safe': The Irish row over a controversial weedkiller is rumbling on
14 Nov 2017
29.4k
97
Storm Ophelia shook a blanket of apples out of a Tipperary cider orchard
25 Oct 2017
47.2k
30
Farmers are up in arms about the new 'NCT for tractors'
21 Oct 2017
25.7k
70
Gardaí are investigating the mysterious killing of a cow in Co Meath
6 Oct 2017
47.7k
36
How a desolate patch of Ireland was used to teach people to farm during the famine
9 Sep 2017
25.8k
46
'A tsunami from the skies': Taoiseach to travel to Donegal as emergency meeting takes place over floods
25 Aug 2017
47.0k
81
Father airlifted to hospital with serious injuries as 11-year-old son also hurt in Offaly farming incident
24 Aug 2017
46.2k
7
Farmers account for most work-related deaths in Ireland
16 Aug 2017
8.7k
29
'No plans to ban night-time shooting' for hunters and predator control
5 Aug 2017
14.5k
48
Social welfare recipients to earn extra cash filling dairy farm worker shortage
3 Aug 2017
31.0k
122
Farmers aren't happy that the Fair Deal scheme's 'discriminatory measures' might be here to stay
1 Aug 2017
12.8k
7
Johnny Healy Rae: 'Kerry farmers work for €2 to €3 an hour with no pension scheme or social welfare'
Johnny Healy Rae
1 Aug 2017
15.3k
119
Man (50s) dies after falling into a slurry pit in Co Clare
28 Jun 2017
24.2k
11
National Party co-founder loses bid for injunction against farmers association
27 Jun 2017
21.6k
'People think environmentalists want to destroy farming. This is sad and unfortunate'
Mícheál Callaghan
11 Jun 2017
502
40
Some simple steps can make the most dangerous job in Ireland a little safer
24 May 2017
10.6k
22
Irish Farmers Journal criticised for 'fake news' editorial on climate change
16 May 2017
16.1k
62
'This will put farmers out of business' - Tesco criticised for low prices for lamb
16 May 2017
18.6k
66
Last night's RTÉ News featured some of the strongest Kerry accents ever to grace Irish TV
10 Apr 2017
30.7k
1
Anger over calls for 50,000 deer to be culled in Wicklow
2 Apr 2017
33.8k
84
Wexford residents in battle over 'obnoxious' sewage sludge odour
8 Mar 2017
24.1k
28
Case of BSE found in Irish cow - but 'no public health risks'
18 Jan 2017
13.7k
21
14 tweets that sum up Irish farming
16 Jan 2017
7.0k
Farmers urged to check flocks after outbreak of bird flu in England
17 Dec 2016
5.6k
4
Gardaí to step up patrols targeting Christmas tree thieves
14 Nov 2016
12.2k
25
Body found in search for elderly farmer in Co Kerry
3 Nov 2016
35.2k
9
FactCheck: Does the Budget give four times more to "sheep welfare" than home childcare?
23 Oct 2016
18.5k
27
National Ploughing Championships boss: 'I feel as passionate today as when I was 17'
18 Sep 2016
18.2k
10
Brought in from the cold: 'I am not someone who lives in the past' - Minister Creed
18 Sep 2016
10.4k
10
Rural 'spotters' make money spying on farmers and selling information to criminal gangs
23 Aug 2016
20.2k
22
Young girl (8) dies in farming accident in Mayo
2 Aug 2016
58.2k
17
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