Ciaran Moran

For decades, the narrative surrounding the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been a battleground of maximising what different sectors can extract from the Budget, be it for suckler cows or sheep or tillage payments.

Footage circulating online from a major Department of Agriculture cattle culling operation on farms in Roscommon and Clare, has been described by the IFA as “unacceptable and shocking”.

Last week, videos of a Department of Agriculture enforcement operation involving cattle on farms linked to Sean Coughlan attracted widespread attention and prompted questions about the processes used in such cases.

When the Department of Agriculture opened a public consultation on the proposed post-2027 CAP regulations earlier this year, one would have imagined farmers would engage in large numbers.

The European Commission's first comprehensive evaluation of the Nitrates Directive has confirmed it will not open the decades-old legislation for

The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has confirmed that three livestock marts were found with financial deficits in their client bank accounts following a nationwide compliance review.

The numbers don't lie, and they make for grim reading. Between 2010 and 2023, the number of EU farms managed by someone under the age of 35 plummeted

Current rush of cattle out of farms and feedlots could leave a gap in supplies later this year

Brittany Ferries is to stop carrying all live farm animals, including unweaned calves, on its Ireland to France route from September 2026 at the latest.

A new study has warned that while Ireland's organic sector is experiencing an unprecedented surge in growth, government policy is focused almost entirely on getting farmers to sign up and is “disconnected from market dynamics”.