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Dempsey at Large: tanks or tractors?

The new imperative of defence spending is directly leading to reduced spending on the CAP - the proposed budget is down by 20%.

VIEWPOINTS 22 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: tanks or tractors?

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Home Farm: ground conditions improve

Home Farm: ground conditions improve

VIEWPOINTS 22 April 2026

Colm McCarthy: good reasons for green diesel system

Colm McCarthy: good reasons for green diesel system

VIEWPOINTS 22 April 2026

Opinion: Varadkar's provocative pronouncements are both worrying and revealing

Opinion: Varadkar's provocative pronouncements are both worrying and revealing

Opinion: Varadkar's provocative pronouncements are both worrying and revealing

OPINION 21 April 2026

Colm McCarthy: Import prices, like the weather, are just things that happen

Colm McCarthy: Import prices, like the weather, are just things that happen

Colm McCarthy: Import prices, like the weather, are just things that happen

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

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Opinion: urban-rural alliance claims a victory over government

Opinion: urban-rural alliance claims a victory over government

The protesters on Molesworth Street were at least as broad a coalition as the one in government. It was the one inside Leinster House that fractured on Tuesday afternoon.

OPINION 8 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: diesel - why don't we just use our own?

Dempsey at Large: diesel - why don't we just use our own?

It seems shortsighted not to have at least a standby capacity to produce some of our own domestic needs.

VIEWPOINTS 8 April 2026

Home Farm: catching up during a busy week

Home Farm: catching up during a busy week

We are giving the store cattle a fresh paddock every day, and are concentrating on the land that we intend to close up this week for first-cut silage.

VIEWPOINTS 8 April 2026

Spring reminds us grazing can be hard

Spring reminds us grazing can be hard

It is fast turning into a disastrous spring for farmers in this part of the world.

NORTHERN IRELAND 8 April 2026

Comment: Healy-Rae's resignation shouldn't have come as a shock

Comment: Healy-Rae's resignation shouldn't have come as a shock

The cynics will say there are no votes in a 25-county constituency but the reaction of stakeholders we contacted was more of sorrow than anger about his abrupt departure.

OPINION 8 April 2026

Opinion: fuel crisis is real, but ends don't justify the means

Opinion: fuel crisis is real, but ends don't justify the means

Agricultural contractors, road hauliers and transport companies are far more affected by the war-imposed spike in fuel prices than most farmers, but holding the country in a chokehold is not justified

OPINION 8 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: the beef choke point

Dempsey at Large: the beef choke point

The overall beef sector this spring has been rocked by the losses incurred by bona fide farmers.

VIEWPOINTS 8 April 2026

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