Meet the dairy farmers: ‘The poor ol’ cow is being blamed for GHG emissions, yet we never hear about the emissions from the planes in the sky’

Aisling Kiernan talks to four farmers about what they see as the main issues facing Irish dairy farming in the near future
Meet the dairy farmers: ‘The poor ol’ cow is being blamed for GHG emissions, yet we never hear about the emissions from the planes in the sky’

John Harrington at his dairy farm in Ballymore, Co  Westmeath. Photos: Bob Morrison

Sat, 09 Oct, 2021 - 15:30
Aisling Kiernan

Farmer Profile #4:

John Harrington, Ballymore, Co Westmeath. 

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