Two Co Cork farmers received suspended prison sentences and were fined yesterday when they appeared at Macroom District Court charged with injecting slurry into cattle, so as to alter the accuracy of ...

The backlog came as a result of an increased workload on the Department with rising TB levels, Minister Heydon said.

Almost €10.5m has been paid in compensation by Q3 this year but the ICMSA say delays in payments is compounding stress on farmers locked down with TB. ICMSA say the delayed TB payments should be ...

Charles O’Donnell, Francess McDonnell, Cathal O’Shea and Joe Griffin bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish ...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have revealed to Mr Swann that the field trials and vaccine will only be authorised for use in Great Britain, and that no marketing authorisation ...

Defra’s decision to expand badger vaccination and wind down intensive culling marks one of the most significant shifts in bovine TB policy for a decade. Beginning early next year, a new contract to ...

A TD has asked Minister Martin Heydon if farmers in different schemes will get paid the "money they are owed before the year ...