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GVM Limerick – Moore Street, Cappamore, Co. Limerick – 14/06

GVM Auctioneers Limerick brings to auction via LSL Auctions a property at Moore Street, Cappamore, Co. Limerick on 14 June 2022 at 15:00. This will take place at GMV’s Limerick City Auction Rooms (UPS) at 25/26 Glentworth Street, Limerick City (on the kind instructions of the owners). Disclosed Reserve €75,000. Lot: 1 For those in search of a rewarding project this very substantial two storey premises stands on a prominent…

Good prices across all sections at Ballymote Mart

Ballymote Mart saw brisk trade across all sections last Thursday, 9 June, 2022 with bullocks getting prices up to €2,330. Heifers sold for €1,730 and suckler prices reached €1,560. What’s more, a July-2015-born Limousin-cross (no calf reg) sold for €3,160 in the dry cow ring. Prices for bullocks ranged from €700 to €1,590 over: CHX – 740kg – €2,330 SAX – 715kg – €2,300 CHX – 755kg – €2,240. Prices…

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart – 06/02/2023

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart 13/06/2022

Monday’s selected Sheep Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. SH 30-40KG Avg Price/KgSH 3.41/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SH, 39kg 3.67/kg 143.00SH, 38kg 3.55/kg 135.00SH, 39kg 3.49/kg 136.00SH, 39kg 3.44/kg 134.00SH, 38kg 3.42/kg 130.00SH, 33kg 3.30/kg 109.00 SH 40-50KG Avg Price/KgSH 3.49/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SH, 41kg 3.73/kg 153.00SH, 44kg 3.73/kg 164.00SH, 44kg 3.73/kg 164.00SH, 44kg 3.68/kg 162.00SH, 44kg 3.68/kg 162.00SH, 43kg 3.67/kg 158.00 SH 50-60KG Avg Price/KgSH 3.19/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SH, 50kg 3.5/kg 175.00SH, 50kg…

Places for People National Policy on Architecture

Places for People highlights National Policy on Architecture

A new Irish film titled Places for People airs the vision of Ireland’s new National Policy on Architecture. The production featured at the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Festival this past week, 9 -12 June, 2022. At the centre of the film are extensive interviews with Ireland’s Cultural Ambassadors for Architecture, Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, who won the most prestigious prize for architecture in Europe – the EU Mies Award…

ICSA to host Farm Debt Solutions webinar

A webinar focusing on Farm Debt Solutions will be presented by ICSA, in association with FPM Accountants. This will take place on the evening of Wednesday, 15 June, 2022 at 8pm. The free event has been designed to help those in the farming community who are struggling with unmanageable debt or mortgage arrears. It will feature prominent insolvency practitioner Gary Digney from accounting firm FPM. Dermot Kelleher, ICSA president, commented on the…

ECB expected to raise interest rates from July

Variable and tracker interest rates are likely to increase in July as well as September, according to the European Central Bank (ECB). Those with mortgages linked to these rates could face two increases of 0.25pc, which means an extra €360 a year on a €250,000 tracker mortgage with a margin of 1.25pc over the ECB rate and a 20-year repayment plan. Mortgage holders will have to fork out an additional…

Ashley Waller – Machinery, Plant Equipment, Vehicles, Implements, Tools – 1406

Ashley Waller Auctioneers Machinery brings to auction a Monthly Auction of Machinery, Plant Equipment, Vehicles, Implements, Tools via LSL Auctions on Tuesday, 14 June, 2022 at 09:30. Lots include:AN AXMINSTER VARIABLE SPEED PILLAR DRILL NO VAT A VICEROY SHARPEDGE 16″TOOL SHARPENER NO VAT A DTP6 RIVET PRESS NO VAT A KENNEDY MINIATURE POWER HACKSAW NO VAT A CLARKE SCROLL SAW NO VAT A DEWALT DW3501 BAND SAW NO VAT A…

June rainfall favours crop growth and development

Rainfall in the first week of June was welcome as soil moisture deficits were at 50mm in the southeast, according to Mark Plunkett, Soil & Plant Nutrition Specialist at Teagasc. His recent tillage crop report states that spring barley crops have developed quite well over the last seven to 10 days with many crops now at or approaching the correct stage for the final fungicide application (T2). The correct time for the…

Pig industry in dire straits, report finds

A report by PwC on the pig industry in Ireland states that 10% of pig farmers exited the sector in recent months, with a further 20% at risk of leaving. IFA Pigs Chairman Roy Gallie said the report highlights a sector that is on the brink of collapse. “The PwC analysis confirms just how dire a position the pig sector is in at the moment. The month of May showed no…

Home planning permissions increase by over 21%

The latest statistics from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) indicate that planning permissions were granted for 8,463 new homes between January and March of 2022 – of which 4,687 were houses and 3,776 were apartments. The total amount of planning permissions granted for homes jumped over 21% in the first quarter of 2022, when compared with the same period last year. Sorcha O’Callaghan, Statistician in the Business Statistics Division of…

Board facilitates opening of €40m meat plant

The number of animals to be slaughtered at a new meat plant at Banagher, Co Offaly, is estimated at 36,000 per annum. This is as An Bord Pleanala granted planning permission for the contentious €40m Chinese-backed processing plant. Permission was given after the board’s inspector, Stephen Kay, found that “the proposed development would not be likely to have a significant negative environmental impact in terms of climate”. The appeals board…

North Dublin Antiques, Art & Vintage Fair

The North Dublin Antiques, Art & Vintage Fair takes place at Clontarf Castle on 10 July, 2022 from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm. The castle is a longstanding venue, which features traders offering antique and vintage furniture, jewellery, decor, lighting, fine art, porcelain and glass, vintage memorabilia, books and prints, rare coins, postcards, curios, and much more. The organiser of the fair is Vintage Ireland. Contact them at +353 85 862 9007,…

Milk indices trending higher – price increase imminent

IFA Dairy chairman Stephen Arthur says processors must step up with a meaningful price increase for May milk if they do not wish to see supply fall further in the second half of the year. Statistics released by the Central Statistics Office show that milk supply for the first four months of 2022 was lower than 2021, despite an increase in milk price. “This reflects the massively higher cost of…

Teagasc National Sheep Open Day – 18 June, 2022

Join Teagasc for its National Sheep Open Day programme at its Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre in Athenry on Saturday, 18 June, 2022 and discover more about the latest research and technical advice emerging from the Teagasc Sheep programme and how to apply it at farm level. There will be a mix of technical presentations and interactive workshops dealing with all the main areas important to Irish sheep production.…

Browse the Dun Laoghaire Antiques & Collectors Fair

The next Dun Laoghaire Antiques & Collectors Fair is scheduled for 26 June, 2022. It will be hosted by Antique Fairs Ireland and held at the Fair Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire from 11am to 6pm.This is a regular antiques and collectors fair, featuring a wide range of trade stands selling antique furniture, retro decor, fine art, jewellery, vintage fashion, coins and collectables, and much more. The Fair…

Pledges made at National Biodiversity Conference 2022

Ireland’s second National Biodiversity Conference 2022 was held in Dublin Castle and streamed live online over two days this week on 8 and 9 June, 2022. In his keynote address the Taoiseach Micheál Martin pledged government support for the outcomes of the 2-day event, adding that “the time has come for a new era of stewardship of our natural world.” He said that the deliberations are vitally important to the future of…

Positive Farmers Dairy Conference

The Positive Farmers Dairy Conference brings together world-renowned speakers who will cover technical, financial, people management and research needs for successful dairy farming and profitable expansion. The event will be hosted at The Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Cork, Ireland from 28 – 29 Jun 2022. Delegates from come from all over the world – including Ireland, UK, US, New Zealand, Australia, and throughout Europe. With more changes confronting dairy farmers than…

Flavours of Fingal County Show

The annual Flavours of Fingal County Show takes place at Newbridge House & Farm, Donabate, Ireland from 2 to 3 July, 2022. Expect a weekend of farm, flowers, food and family fun in the surrounds. Entry is free for those who walk, cycle, travel by public transport (bus or train) or take one of their free shuttle buses. The Fingal Farmers Group were involved in the initial development of the…

No change to Irish pig price this week

The pig price in Ireland was unchanged this week for the larger processing plants with farmers receiving quotes of €1.78c/kg up to €1.82 or €1.84 to €1.88/kg. There was also very little pig price change across Europe over the past week with member states, Spain and France receiving over €2.00/kg as well as the UK. The European market prices have levelled with the weighted average price for grade S & E…

Arts/Antiques News

National Gallery artists’ deadline looms

The National Gallery of Ireland hosts an annual contemporary portraiture competition open to artists from across Ireland as well as Irish artists living abroad. The deadline for submission of entries for the Zurich Portrait Prize is Wednesday, 22 June, 2022, at midnight (IST). The winner of the National Gallery competition will receive a cash prize of €15,000 and will be commissioned to create a work for the National Portrait Collection, for which they…

Join the Enable Conservation Tillage Project Crop Walks

Teagasc is facilitating Enable Conservation Tillage Project Crop Walks on various farms across the country to encourage the adoption of conservation agriculture practices on Irish tillage farms. The intention is also to provide growers with the knowledge, skills, and capacity to achieve effective grass weed control. Attendees will look at grass weeds in various establishment systems as well as best practices for getting the best results. The next Enable Conservation…

Measures to increase homeownership are working – update

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, has published an update on the planning measures he introduced a year ago to increase homeownership and restrict the practice of bulk purchasing by institutional investors. It demonstrates that almost 16,000 residential units have been ring-fenced for individual buyers and restricted from bulk buying or multiple sales to a single purchaser. In May 2021, Ministerial Guidelines for Planning Authorities (“Regulation of…

Agriculture the backbone of rural economies – ICMSA

As government talks over sectoral targets continue, farmers are hoping that Charlie McConalogue, the Minister for Agriculture, will “hold the line” on keeping carbon emission cuts to the lower end of the scale. If Ireland has any chance of meeting its climate goals, agricultural emissions must drop by closer to 30%, not 22% as stated last November 2021. “It is necessary that we hold the line and set an aspiration…

James L Murtagh – Ballynahown, Clonaslee, County Laois – 09/06

James L Murtagh brings to auction via LSL Auctions 3 Lots at Ballynahown, Clonaslee, County Laois on 9 June, 2022, at 15:00. Lot: 1 Residence and equestrian facilities on c.8 acres Lot: 2 c.41 acres of agricultural lands Lot: 3 Entire Residential Farm & Equestrian facilities on c.49 acres of agricultural lands See the catalogue: Here. Register to bid: Here. Contact: James L Murtagh on +353 4493 40088. LSL Auctions, LSL News.

Night-Time Economy programme is a go

Catherine Martin, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, has announced the start of the selection process to pick six Irish towns or cities to take part in the new Night-Time Economy pilot programme. The venture – which includes the appointment of Night-Time Economy advisors in each of the selected towns or cities – aims to help boost the night-time economy and promote an eclectic, vibrant night-time…

Base May milk price could be 53cpl

A base milk price of 53 cents per litre is fully justified for May milk, according to Noel Murphy, chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee. He said that co-op boards should be considering this as the minimum when they meet next week to set last month’s milk price. The most recent Dutch dairy quotations show that the market has not only steadied but is actually moving upwards again. Murphy said that…

Call for membership of Housing Supply Clearing House Group

The Housing Supply Clearing House Measure is being introduced in anticipation that some people displaced by the Ukraine conflict will require temporary accommodation in Ireland over the medium to long term. The Housing Supply Clearing House process is aimed at facilitating consideration of matters that might warrant action being taken by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, local authorities, or other State agencies, to expedite the delivery of…

‘See Something, Say Something’ campaign marks World Food Safety Day

To highlight World Food Safety Day, The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) launched a new awareness campaign this week titled ‘See Something, Say Something’. It seems that almost two-thirds (61%) of adults in Ireland don’t know how to make a complaint to authorities regarding unfit food or poor hygiene practices. As such, the FSAI’s campaign reminds consumers of their right to safe food. Reporting a concern is easy and…

HEPS Horticulture Exceptional Payment Scheme

Eligible fruit and veg growers can benefit from the HEPS

The Horticulture Exceptional Payment Scheme (HEPS) is primed to deliver €2.8m to eligible fruit and vegetable growers through a once-off payment due to the current financial climate. Glasshouse high-wire crops, mushrooms, field vegetables and apple growers are the specific horticultural sectors that have been targeted by The Department of Agriculture. The HEPS is now open to receive applications until 17 June, 2022. Payment rates have yet to be set and…

International Conference on Mycobacterium Bovis this week

The Seventh International Conference on Mycobacterium Bovis was opened yesterday, 7 June 2022, by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. The event is being held in NUI Galway from 7 to 10 June. Focusing on the importance of collaboration in tackling the challenge of the infectious diseas, the Minister said that, “Bovine TB is a ‘wicked’ problem, and deep collaboration, where everyone plays his or her role,…