# Farming
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Voices
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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growing interest
This sheep farmer is leading the push to set up Ireland's first hemp co-op
11 Mar 2018
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Bulling
Cows are by far the most dangerous animal for Ireland's most dangerous job
12 Jan 2018
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Interview
'If someone breaks into your house you should do whatever you have to to take them on'
7 Jan 2018
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workplace fatalities
47 people died in workplace accidents last year (and 14 of them were elderly farmers)
3 Jan 2018
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Voices
Ireland's food security: 'It's said that modern civilisation is three meals deep'
Mícheál Callaghan
14 Dec 2017
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glyphosate
'A reality check for science': Controversial weedkiller gets five-year licence extension from the EU
27 Nov 2017
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Roundup
'Prove to us it's safe': The Irish row over a controversial weedkiller is rumbling on
14 Nov 2017
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shake your tree
Storm Ophelia shook a blanket of apples out of a Tipperary cider orchard
25 Oct 2017
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Quakers
How a desolate patch of Ireland was used to teach people to farm during the famine
9 Sep 2017
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Flooding
'A tsunami from the skies': Taoiseach to travel to Donegal as emergency meeting takes place over floods
25 Aug 2017
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Shinrone
Father airlifted to hospital with serious injuries as 11-year-old son also hurt in Offaly farming incident
24 Aug 2017
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gun owners
'No plans to ban night-time shooting' for hunters and predator control
5 Aug 2017
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moo idea
Social welfare recipients to earn extra cash filling dairy farm worker shortage
3 Aug 2017
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Nursing Homes
Farmers aren't happy that the Fair Deal scheme's 'discriminatory measures' might be here to stay
1 Aug 2017
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Voices
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
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james reynolds
National Party co-founder loses bid for injunction against farmers association
27 Jun 2017
21.6k
Voices
'People think environmentalists want to destroy farming. This is sad and unfortunate'
Mícheál Callaghan
11 Jun 2017
502
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precautions
Some simple steps can make the most dangerous job in Ireland a little safer
24 May 2017
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conflicting views
Irish Farmers Journal criticised for 'fake news' editorial on climate change
16 May 2017
16.1k
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Farming
'This will put farmers out of business' - Tesco criticised for low prices for lamb
16 May 2017
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The kingdom
Last night's RTÉ News featured some of the strongest Kerry accents ever to grace Irish TV
10 Apr 2017
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FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Does the Budget give four times more to "sheep welfare" than home childcare?
23 Oct 2016
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Anna May McHugh
National Ploughing Championships boss: 'I feel as passionate today as when I was 17'
18 Sep 2016
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sunday interview
Brought in from the cold: 'I am not someone who lives in the past' - Minister Creed
18 Sep 2016
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