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Notifications for Checks by Monitoring CbM Protein Aid Scheme Straw Incorporation Measure

Protein and Straw schemes – notifications for CbM now issuing

Notifications for Checks by Monitoring (CbM) under the 2022 Protein Aid Scheme and the Straw Incorporation Measure are now issuing. More updates are anticipated in the next few months. This was announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue on Thursday, 21 July 2022. Checks by Monitoring is an ongoing automated use of satellite and other data sources to check agricultural activity on all land parcels declared…

Plumbridge Livestock Sales – On-Farm Retirement Machinery Sale – 29/07

Plumbridge Livestock Sales will hold an on-farm retirement machinery auction via LSL Auctions on Friday 29 July, 2022, at 7pm. This will be at 5 Creeduff Road, Killen, Castlederg, BT81 7TE, for Mr Caldwell Smyth who has sold his farm. Genuine well-kept machinery and tools being sold for no fault. Online bidding available (subject to coverage). Viewing from 2pm on day of sale. Items include: 2011 Massey Ferguson 5455 c/w…

Bank of Ireland interest rate changes

The European Central Bank last week confirmed that it is implementing a 0.5% interest rate increase. As a result, Bank of Ireland is announcing a number of interest rate changes. Mortgages Tracker mortgage rates will increase for all tracker mortgage customers by 0.5%. For most customers, this change will take effect from 10 August, 2022. Bank of Ireland will write to all tracker mortgage customers confirming the new interest rate,…

Fiona Cawley exhibition to open 27 July, 2022

Kinvara artist Fiona Cawley presents an exhibition of her work at Fox’s of Kinvara. This event will run for three weeks from 27 July, 2022. As an emerging artist she recently had a solo show in the Ballina Arts Centre called “A Shared Space”. Cawley has been selected for exhibitions such as Cairde Visual. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the Royal Academy of Art Summer Show, was an invited…

Beef trade steady; lamb supplies tighten – IFA

The beef trade steadied this week with some signs of strengthening, according to IFA Livestock chairman Brendan Golden. He said supplies of finished cattle are tight and demand in our key export markets is good. Factories are anxious for cattle and paying 10c to 20c/kg above quotes to close out deals. In addition, factories are paying €4.80-5.00kg for steers and €4.85-5.05kg for heifers. Y bulls R/U are making €4.70-5.05kg while…

Pig welfare inspections aim to identify risk factors

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett updated the Seanad last week regarding pig welfare inspections and commercial pig farms in Ireland. This was during a Green Party motion on animal welfare. The minister commented that the DAFM had implemented several specific actions over the last two years to progress full implementation of the pig welfare directive. “Since 2020, the DAFM has…

Growers should analyse performance of winter barley crop

With the winter barley harvest almost wrapped up, growers should make a point of recording all the details of the experience to analyse performance while the memory is fresh. While some of the later-harvested crops yielded well, many of the earlier-harvested crop performed very poorly. Where crops were poor, try to figure out why this happened from listening to reports from around the country, advises Teagasc Tillage Specialist Shay Phelan.…

Prices of Ireland homes up 3.8% in Q2

The sale price of homes in Ireland rose by 3.8% on average between March and June 2022, the largest three-month gain in nearly two years, according to the latest Daft.ie Sales Report. The average listed price nationwide in the second quarter of 2022 was €311,874, up 9.5% on the same period in 2021 and just 16% below the Celtic Tiger peak. The rural-urban gap in housing inflation continues to narrow,…

Farmers must take steps to manage fire risk

With the recent dry weather significantly increasing the risk of fires on tillage farms, Teagasc Tillage Specialist Shay Phelan advises farmers to put measures in place to be able to prevent and extinguish fires if they occur. All fields, including grass fields and hedges where there is dead or decaying material has the potential to burn if the conditions are right. 10 ways to manage the fire risk: Make sure…

Sheep farmers need support to counter huge shearing costs – IFA

The Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA) national sheep committee chair Kevin Comiskey has highlighted the fact that weeks have passed since the Wool Feasibility Study was published, yet farmers are entering another clipping season without any government support. As such, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Minister of State Pippa Hackett has been called on to support sheep farmers in combatting the enormous cost of shearing. The study recommended…

Dublin among 50 Best Cities in the World for Arts and Culture

Dublin has been listed among the 50 Best Cities in the World for Arts and Culture in Big 7 Travel’s inaugural list released to “help encourage art-centred tourism and shed light on an industry that suffered heavily due to the pandemic.” About Dublin, the global travel website states: “For a city spread across just 115 sq. km, Dublin punches well above its weight when it comes to arts and culture.…

Kilmacanogue Horse Show welcomes competitors of all abilities

The Kilmacanogue Horse Show will be hosted at the Enniskerry Horse Farm in Monastery, Enniskerry, by kind permission of Mary and Syl Fenelon Bourke. This 50th anniversary version of the event will take place on 23 July, 2022. The Kilmacanogue Show is a great local institution and welcomes competitors of all abilities. It has a great following amongst the riding schools and clubs in the area. The organisers look forward to welcoming…

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Murtagh Bros – Ballykeeran, Athlone, Co. Westmeath – 21/07

Murtagh Bros brings to auction a property at Ballykeeran, Athlone, Co. Westmeath on 21 July, 2022 at 15:00. Lot: 1Attractive c. 7 acres of Agricultural land, overlooking Lough Ree with superb road frontage. See the catalogue: Here: Register to bid: Here. Contact Murtagh Bros on: +353 44 934 2512. LSL Auctions, LSL News.

New organic farming rates proposed

Senator Pippa Hackett, the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, yesterday announced proposed new enhanced rates for farmers participating in the organic farming scheme. These are subject to approval by the European Commission as part of the ongoing discussions on approval of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan, and would apply from 1 January, 2023. Announcing the new rates the Minister said: “The budget proposed for…

Potato market report – 20 July, 2022

Home consumption and retail sales have taken a hit over the past week due to soaring temperatures. But Met Éireann predicts cooler temperatures at the weekend. According to the Irish Farmers’ Association, queens continue to be lifted in the north east and volumes are now available in retailers. Again, sales took a hit last week but cooler temperatures forecast should improve this. Crops are very dry due to the high…

Housing for All updates – Quarter 2

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, together with Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien T.D., Minister of State Peter Burke T.D and Minister of State Malcolm Noonan T.D recently shared a report on progress of the implementation of Housing for All, including the launch of a new €50m Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Fund. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: “Housing for All provides a comprehensive plan, and record levels of funding to tackle…

‘Meat and Potatoes’ at Crawford Gallery

‘Meat and Potatoes’, a current exhibition at the Crawford Art Gallery this summer, is described as “eye-catching, thought-provoking and mouth-watering in equal measure”. Bringing together works by historic and contemporary artists who have used food as their muse in myriad ways, the exhibition will be organised into three primary sections – BREAD, MEAT and POTATOES – which will be presented as staples in the history of food-focused art as well…

Emissions cuts for farmers still to be finalized

Ireland is committed to halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and net zero emissions by 2050. The Government has agreed to a carbon budget in the lead up to 2030, but as yet, details have not been agreed for farming. Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has confirmed that legally binding targets for emissions cuts will be signed off before the end of July, 2022. He comments that this “is…

Biomethane tractor offers alternative to diesel

New Holland’s biomethane T6.180 tractor, revealed at the recent Balmoral Show, is reportedly the first of its kind in Ireland. The model offers Irish farmers an alternative to diesel-fuelled tractor models. With the price of diesel up 40% in a year, this biomethane version attracted a fair amount of attention. It is as powerful as its diesel counterpart, but reduces running costs up to 30%. The new tractor is modelled…

Signpost Series Webinars to diarise

Teagasc is hosting a series of weekly Signpost Series of environment webinars aimed at the Irish agri industry. The next one is on 22 July, 2022, beginning at 9.30am. You need to register online to participate. This webinar forms part of The Signpost Series and will focus on the ecological value and condition of Irish uplands. The guest speaker is ecologist Caitriona Douglas, National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). Register: Here You…

Photography competition – 2023 calendar

After last year’s overwhelming response and submissions from so many amateur photographers around the world, KRONE is hosting another photography competition for its 2023 calendar. Of course a prerequisite is that the focus is on KRONE equipment at work in fields around the globe. The judges are looking for 12 winning images. These will be printed in a calendar that will be available for purchase at the international KRONE web…

Minister Humphreys opens €7.5 million worth of projects in Co Roscommon

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has officially opened a wide range of projects across Co Roscommon. They have received funding totalling €7.5 million as part of the Government’s ambitious rural development policy, Our Rural Future. Minister Humphreys began with Monksland Way, a recreation walkway which details the heritage of the area on the Roscommon side of Athlone. She went on to visit the site of the…

Native grain prices rose last week – IFA

Native grain prices rose earlier last week (15 July, 2022), but daily gains have struggled to hold overall, according to the IFA. Grain market prices fell on 14 July, 2022 in response to news that a deal on export corridors from Ukraine could be brokered next week. However, native green prices increased slightly – Glanbia offered €280 for barley and €290 for wheat respectively. The Irish winter barley harvest is…

Our Rural Future – first properties to be redeveloped

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, has approved €7.5 million in funding as part of the Our Rural Future scheme to redevelop 36 derelict and vacant buildings across rural Ireland into new community hubs. The funding, under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme, will see former banks, Garda stations and courthouses taken into public ownership and converted for community use. Minister Humphreys said during the 11 July,…

‘Dutch Drawings’ at the National Gallery

In the atmospheric Print Gallery at the National Gallery of Ireland, visitors have a rare opportunity to view an exhibition of works by 17th-century Dutch artists from the collection of the world-famous Rijksmuseum. Drawings and prints by artists including Rembrandt, Hendrik Avercamp, Jan van Goyen and Jacob van Ruisdael take centre stage. From a child’s first steps to peaceful wooded landscapes, ‘Dutch Drawings’ gives an insight into life in the Netherlands centuries…

Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival 2022

The ethos of The Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival is to celebrate, connect, share, transform and surprise. Experience it all from 29 July – 7 August, 2022. Visual Arts is at the heart of the event, and what you can see are exhibitions, workshops, an Annual Open Submission and Vintage Luminaries at beautiful and historic venues all over Birr. The Courthouse Yard is also a new creative hub this year, so…

North Leinster Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair

The next North Leinster Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair will be on Sunday, 11 September, 2022. It brings together a wide range of traders to put on a display of antiques, vintage objects and collectables at the Pillo Hotel, Ashbourne (just 11 minutes off M50 Exit 5, and approximately 20 minutes from Dublin Airport).Specialist and eclectic traders alike with gather to put on a showcase of everything from antique and…

Farm Safety Week highlights high farm accident and fatality rate

Farm Safety Week encourages farmers to make their farm a safer place to work and live in. The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is calling on farmers to review their work practices to ensure safely in all their tasks. IFA President Tim Cullinan comments that “farms are the most dangerous workplace in Ireland and that has to change. I am calling on every farmer to look at their farm and identify…

Stakeholders to connect at National Construction Summit

The 6th Annual National Construction Summit will be held on 1 March, 2023, at the Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown. The purpose of the Summit is simple — to bring together over 2000 construction companies, developers, policy makers, project owners, building owners , government and municipal bodies, lenders & private investment firms, architectural and design firms, planners, facility managers, property managers, large industrial companies technology companies, legal and tax professionals, equipment and machinery providers, building material providers, professional advisors,…

Immersive sensory installation at IMMA 

Artist Em’kal Eyongakpa presents an immersive sensory installation featuring contributions from singers and storytellers in Southeast Nigeria, Southern Cameroon and Ireland, as well as intersessions between the Gulf of Guinea and Western Europe. Commissioned by the IMMA and EVA International, the installation can be experienced at the IMMA Formal Gardens, Terrace until 1 August, 2022. ‘Mámbáy bebhɛp 43t / besáŋ berat / bakay nɛkɔ’ is an immersive sensory installation that transcribes audio signals from…