Increasing live cattle exports is still seen by farmers as the primary way to boost Ireland’s beef sector.

A family terrorised in their home by a violent gang who savagely beat the father and threatened to kill the children during a late-night burglary are “free for the first time” since the ordeal after learning that their attackers will remain behind bars.

The decision to overturn a ruling awarding a hillwalker €40,000 for injuries she sustained after she tripped and fell on a boardwalk on the Wicklow Way has been welcomed.

There have been calls for government intervention over fears that a growing number of farms could come under threat of repossession due to the loans linked to them being bought by so-called vulture funds.

The minister for agriculture has pledged to seek more markets for Irish produce after it emerged that Irish beef will be sold to Egypt for the first time in almost 20 years.

With hundreds of thousands of dogs not microchipped and registered by last Friday’s national deadline, the farmer organisations appealed to owners of the country’s dog population of about 1m to comply with the new mandatory requirement.

Borrowers whose loans are sold to third parties maintain the same regulatory protections they had prior to the sale, said Finance Minister Michael Noonan last week.

An Taisce has asked the Government to ignore the “self-styled” experts calling for increased dredging of the Shannon as a response to the recent flooding.

A farm leader has suggested that “the obsession with dairy expansion” was perhaps unwise and that the sheep sector should not be treated unfairly.

Government ministers and senior agriculture figures have warned against over-reacting to news that Ireland might have its first case of BSE in cattle for two years.

Bus Éireann has announced a €3.5m investment in its Cork fleet.

The chairman of Bus Éireann says the company’s review of potential service cuts will look at reducing costs beyond its Expressway routes.

ICSA says farmers will remain sceptical, amid ‘downward manipulation of prices by meat industry’

The GAA in Cork has elected the first female vice-chair in its 128-year history, with teacher Tracey Kennedy ratified yesterday by delegates at its annual convention in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Three Ireland has said there will be "virtually no price change" for 85% of its rural customers following the Government’s withdrawal of funding for the National Broadband Scheme (NBS).

Eirgrid has said it will keep an open mind on the future of its Gridwest scheme after reopening the public consultation process to allow consideration of an underground option.

Farmers in West Cork and Kerry could launch a legal action over claims they are losing out on Single Farm Payments.