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Antiques & Collectibles Auction | 30/07 – Darwen Auctioneers by The Unit – Darwen, UK

Darwen Auctioneers by The Unit, located at Unit 29b Hollin Grove Mill Holling Grove Road, Darwen BB3 1HG, United Kingdom, holds an Antiques & Collectibles Auction via LSL Auctions on Saturday, 30 July, 2022 at 12:30. Please note that even though it is a UK auction, payments in Pounds and Euros will be accepted. Ring 1: 2 Halves Antiques & Collectibles/Liquidation Stock – Various Items. Viewing on 29 July from…

No to penalties for defective apartments – report

An independent report on defective apartments built during the Celtic Tiger period –commissioned by Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien in 2021 and published yesterday – finds that it would not be feasible to penalise the companies involved. Furthermore, an industry levy is ill-advised as it would include innocent parties, attract legal issues, and impact current construction costs. Séamus Neely, Chairperson, Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing, in his executive…

Irish pig prices up by 4c/kg

Irish pig prices increased by 4c/kg last Friday with farmers receiving quotes of €2.00c/kg up to €2.06/kg, according to the IFA. The weekly throughput for the week ending 24 July, 2022 was 67,477, which is down 2% on the same week last year. A decline in cereals prices had been evident last week, however prices are up circa 10% for September wheat, according to Agritel. It must be noted that…

Outdoor antiques market in Cheshire

Arthur Swallow Antique & Home Shows will host an Antiques and Salvage Market at Cheshire Showground near Knutsford, located just off junction 19 of the M6, on 13 August, 2022. Join them in the beautiful Cheshire countryside for some top-quality antique and salvage rummaging from around 200 excellent dealers. Whether you’re a public buyer looking for unique items for your home and garden, or a trade buyer looking to restock…

Danone posts pleasing sales growth – Q2

French yoghurt maker Danone posted a 7.7% hike in second quarter like-for-like sales, beating analysts’ forecasts of 5.6% growth, reflecting price increases and strong demand for baby food and bottled water, according to Reuters. Danone is the largest maker of yoghurts worldwide and has two massive plants in Macroom, Co Cork and Wexford in Ireland. It has subsequently raised its 2022 revenue growth outlook to 5% to 6% compared with…

Hard-hitting open letter to Eamon Ryan – INHFA

As debate rages with regards to emission reduction targets, President of the Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association (INHFA), Vincent Roddy, has written an open letter to Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan. Roddy highlights the farming organisation’s role representing thousands of members in rural communities in response to proposals agreed by Government to see a reduction in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions for agriculture of between 22…

Potato market picks up – IFA

Potato market sales and consumption have picked up this week as temperatures settle back to average levels, according to the IFA. Queens continue to be lifted across the country and again quality and yields are reported to be very good. High temperatures experienced last week stopped maincrop growth and this may delay harvest in the back end of the year. Recent rainfall was welcomed by growers in most regions. In the…

Insights into tillage farming – IFAC

2021 was a good year overall for tillage farming – prices were up and weather during planting, growing season and harvesting was favourable. This resulted in solid yields and strong profit margins for crops, according to the Irish Farm Accounts Co-operative Society (IFAC) in a July 2022 article. While price inflation in fertiliser occurred in late 2021, it didn’t affect the 2021 crops’ profit margins. The real effect of the…

Livestock, vintage vehicles, polo at Tinahely Agricultural Show

The Tinahely Agricultural Society is preparing for an outstanding Tinahely Agricultural Show on Monday, 1 August, 2022, at Fairwood Park, Gorteen, Co. Wicklow. Alongside livestock competitions, all the favourite attractions will return, including a craft village, a pet show, home industries, junior crafts, quilts, poultry, vintage, equestrian, pony games, funfair, polo cross, tractor pulling, bale throwing and entertainment. Wicklow Vintage Club have ensured a great display of vintage vehicles over the…

BOTANICA: The Art of Plants exhibition

BOTANICA: The Art of Plants is on at Crawford Art Gallery in Cork until 25 September, 2022. The exhibition gathers selected historic and contemporary works from the collection to probe how artists have, over time, represented plants in their practices through pastel, pencil, paint, print, and sculpture. Running until autumn, this exhibition touches on the histories of plant collecting – and ethical questions of colonialism that arise from it –…

Informative farm walk and field event

Trench Dairies’ Dairy Farm Walk will be held at Garryduff Middle, Claremorris, Co Mayo. Eircode: F12XT62 on Thursday, 28 July, at 11am. It forms part of the Teagasc – Aurivo Joint Programme. Donal and Liam started milking with 205 heifers in a company partnership in 2021. The farm is a mixed-soil type where 100% of the grazing platform has been reseeded with substantial investment in grazing infrastructure. New cubicle sheds…

Imported food - UK consumers trust Irish food more than British produce

Ireland the most trusted source of imported food for UK consumers

Red Tractor, the UK’s quality assurance brand, just compiled results of its second Trust in Food index – it shows that trust in Irish food products in Britain have increased by one point to 74%, but that confidence in food coming from in the UK dropped from 81% to 73%. So, it appears that UK consumers’ trust in Irish food is currently higher than that of British food. The survey…

Dublin Horse Show – 17-21 August, 2022

The 2022 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Dublin Horse Show will take place at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Arena from 17-21 August. More than 1600 horses and ponies from all corners of the country as well as some of the most expensive international show jumpers in the world will descend on D4 for five days of the very best of equine classes. Visitors will be able to watch native…

FCI highlights importance of adequate machinery insurance

The need for good machinery insurance has been highlighted by the Chief Executive of the Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI), Michael Moroney, who says it is vital that contractors have all their key machinery listed on their policy. This is as high temperatures amp up the risk of fire. Mr Moroney pointed out that high inflation in farm machinery prices in recent years had underlined the…

Views – Referendum on Housing in Ireland

A public consultation seeking views on a Referendum on Housing in Ireland is open until Friday, 2 September, 2022. The consultation asks people who wish to contribute submissions to consider whether there should be a constitutional amendment and, if so, what form it should take. The Housing Commission is encouraging as many people as possible to have their say in this consultation on a Referendum on Housing in Ireland. Members…

Horse farmers included in TAMS scheme

Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), last week announced that he plans to include investments in the equine sector under TAMS in the next CAP regime beginning in January 2023. IFA Horse Project Team Chair Richard Kennedy welcomed the Minister’s comments at the Dublin Horse Show launch. “The IFA Horse Project Team, along with the full IFA executive and leadership, have fully supported the inclusion of…

FMX Motocross stunts at Bonniconlon Show & Gymkhana

Bonniconlon Show & Gymkhana is held annually on August Bank Holiday Monday, and boasts a prize fund of up to €45,000. Based in north Mayo, Bonniconlon is a quintessential rural village on the outskirts of Ballina. Apart from a jam-packed programme aimed to entertain the young and old, this year’s event will feature the FMX Motocross stunt show with Evan Mullarkey and his team, who will perform some amazing feats. Evan…

Raphael exhibition explores his entire career

The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, hosts the Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael until 31 July, 2022. Rooms 1–8 have been dedicated to the exhibition, one of the first ever to explore Raphael’s complete career. It looks at his celebrated paintings and drawings as well as his work in architecture, poetry, and design for sculpture, tapestry and prints. Immerse yourself in the beauty of Raphael’s art and discover why he…

Tillage farmers need a fodder crop incentive scheme – IFA

Kieran McEvoy, IFA National Grain Committee Chair, has highlighted the need for the introduction of a fodder crop incentive scheme for tillage farmers. This, he says, should urgently come under review over the next two weeks by the Minister for Agriculture and officials in the Department of Agriculture. “There is a great opportunity for tillage farmers to get forage crops sown after winter barley at an optimal time, but a…

Rumen development series – AHDB

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Dairy is hosting a series of practical on-farm meetings across the county to help farmers learn why good rumen development is key to weaning transition and how to make it successful on their farm. Since cows spend half their time ruminating, developing a calf’s rumen is critical if you want them to utilize energy effectively in their adult life. The meetings will feature…

Wholesale Price Index for June 2022 – CSO

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) released the June 2022 Wholesale Price Index on 22 July, 2022. Commenting on the release, Jillian Delaney, Statistician in the Prices Division, said: “Prices in several food categories produced by Irish manufacturers were significantly higher in June 2022 compared to the same month last year. Some of the most notable annual increases were: Dairy products 49.1%Meat and meat products 14.5%Grain milling, starches and animal feeds 11.7%Food…

Double-standard at play in Ireland’s emissions debate – ICMSA

Pat McCormack, president of The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), has commented on the “brazen double-standard at play in Ireland’s emissions debate”. There is, he says, a “deafening silence” when it comes to aviation emissions in comparison to the fixation on farming. Mr McCormack added that the silence was “even more deafening when contrasted with the non-stop hectoring and criticism directed at farming in general and dairy farming,…

Minister announces investment in farm safety

Martin Heydon, T.D, Minister of State with responsibility for Farm Safety at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, last week announced the provision of funding to Teagasc for the procurement of 18 farm machinery simulators for use in agricultural colleges. Making the announcement Minister Heydon said: “My priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our farmers, and this investment of over €1.25 million in 18 agricultural machinery…

New Brian Ballard works on show at ArtisAnn

Esteemed Irish artist Brian Ballard RUA presents a show of recently completed paintings at the ArtisAnn Gallery from 25 July, 2022. Born in Belfast, Ballard trained at the College of Art, Belfast and then at the College of Art, Liverpool. He still lives in Belfast but spends long periods of time living and working in his house on the remote and rugged island of Inishfree, off the coast of Donegal.…

North Sligo Agricultural Show competitions

North Sligo Agricultural Show 2022

The North Sligo Agricultural Show will host its 74th event this year at the Grange, County Sligo. The annual happening will be held on Saturday, 30 July, 2022. Each year the Committee tries to cater for their extensive groups and spectators and exhibitors by putting together the best displays possible. For the morning of The North Sligo Agricultural Show 2022 a programme comprising of cattle, sheep, horses, ponies, poultry, and home industry…

Anaerobic digestion plant under construction

A pilot-scale anaerobic digestion plant currently under construction at Teagasc Grange is due to be commissioned this year. The plant will produce biogas using grass silage and cattle slurry. Anaerobic digestion is a multi-step process whereby organic waste and residues are converted into biogas by a group of microorganisms in an anaerobic environment. Biogas could be used as any of the three energy vectors – electricity, transport and heat. In…

Sherry FitzGerald Ballycannon Kilcock Co Kildare 1810

Sherry FitzGerald – Ballycannon Kilcock Co Kildare – 18/8

Sherry FitzGerald Brady O Flaherty brings to auction a property at Ballycannon Kilcock Co Kildare on 18 August, 2022. Lot: 1 Residence and Yard on approx. 14.02 hectares / 34.6 acresLot: 2 Approx. 5.06 hectares / 12. 5 acresLot: 3 The entire Residence and yard on approx. 19.08 hectares / 47.1 acres An absolutely outstanding approx. 47.1 acre / 19.08 hectare residential farm in a highly desirable and convenient location,…

Strong export demand for European wheat

While MATIF Dec 22 wheat prices recovered earlier last week on the back of strong export demand for European wheat, native grain prices increased but will likely finish on a similar note to the previous week, according to the IFA. The prospect of a deal being signed on 22 July, 2022 for grain export corridors in the Black Sea has re-exerted downward pressure on MATIF markets. On Wednesday 20 July,…

AIB reverses decision to withdraw cash services

Following a major political backlash, Allied Irish Banks (AIBG.I) on Friday, 22 July, 2022 shelved plans to drop cash services in 70 of its 170 branches. The decision was based on reaction over its likely impact on small businesses and rural communities, according to Reuters. The bank, which is 63% owned by the government and is the country’s largest mortgage lender, announced the plan on Tuesday, 19 July, 2022 saying…

Browse Merrion Square Gallery on Sundays

Merrion Square Open-Air Art Gallery takes place every Sunday using the external railings of the beautiful Georgian Square in Dublin’s city centre to mount artworks. Founded in 1985, this weekly event is organised by Dublin City Council and provides a pleasant opportunity for visitors to not only view paintings but to meet with the artists and learn about their work. Artists are only licensed to exhibit original paintings, so you can…