That is the warning from the IFA, after the majority of board members and the Agriculture Minister expressed their confidence in Larry Murrin

Simon Harris emphasised the deal with the South American trading bloc still needs to be passed by the European Parliament.

Francie Gorman and his son Tom set out from the Irish Farm Centre in Bluebell, Dublin on Monday morning.

Scientific committees advising the EU have repeatedly concluded that oestradiol-17β must be considered a 'complete carcinogen'.

A LAOIS farmer has been elected as one of the new vice-chairs of a powerful lobby group in Europe.

A LAOIS farmer has been honoured for his unwavering life-time work and support with his local branch of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA). Tommy Wilson has been an active member of the Vicarstown and Laois branch of the IFA for many years.

"Workers' rights in many cases have gone backwards and that needs to change," said the TD.

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The action is fully contested by the State and opposed by the Irish Farmers’ Association and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association

The chair of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) livestock committee, Brendan Golden, has called for political pressure to be maintained to swiftly resolve the halting of beef exports to China

Minister of State Pippa Hackett is expected to bring the Ash Dieback review to Cabinet today, in advance of its publication.