Fianna Fáil's high-profile health spokesman Stephen Donnelly is facing a tight battle to hold onto his seat.

As a participant in a Forestry Knowledge Transfer Group, I have discovered the merits of co-operation amongst 20 forestry farmers prepared to share their personal experiences about forestry growing with others.

The Junior Agriculture Minister claims his officials have been subjected to abusive behaviour by protesters.

It makes the Co Meath based company the first European meat processor to be awarded United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approval.

A two-year project in Kerry aims to get people of all ages out into the forests to observe, enjoy and participate.

The next round of a three- year national programme for apiculture, the technical term for beekeeping, has been launched.

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Andrew Doyle, has said that there will be an immediate review of the issuing of licences for knackeries.

More than 300 people attended two Teagasc organised conifer timber marketing events in Charleville, Co Cork, and Abbeyleix, Co Laois, in recent weeks.

Farmers and Government authorities are collectively pushing the EU Council to take time to fully analyse the implications for agri-food producers before ratifying any Mercosur deal.

Be Bold. Two words plastered across a black and white image of Mick Wallace on a few sparsely dispersed billboards certainly made for a bold statement.

A dogfight to the last is expected in Ireland South with three seats yet to be filled.

The race for seats in Ireland South has heated up as Labour candidate Shelia Nunan and Fine Gael's Andrew Doyle have both been eliminated in the 15th count.

Fianna Fail TD Billy Kelleher described himself as "elated, honoured and humbled" after being elected to the European Parliament.

Another day of drama is expected in the Ireland South count today, as Seán Kelly became the first MEP elected in the constituency.

All four European parliament seats have been filled in Dublin but counting continues in South and Midlands-North West.

Independents 4 Change candidate Mick Wallace continues to be the surprise story of the Ireland South vote.

Fine Gael's Sean Kelly has topped the poll in the first count for the European elections in the Ireland South constituency.

Fine Gael MEP candidate Andrew Doyle has dismissed suggestions that his party's focus on colleague Deirdre Clune negatively impacted his chances of getting elected.

Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune has no regrets about her party's decision to run three candidates in Ireland South.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan remains optimistic that Fine Gael will secure two seats in Ireland South.

Counting has resumed for a second day in the Ireland South constituency where it now appears that exit polls were not accurate.

Sean Kelly is set to become the first MEP elected in Ireland South later today.

Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly claims that the party is still in contention to win two seats in Ireland South.

Fianna Fáil has hit back at Fine Gael for trying to claim Billy Kelleher's seat before it has even been vacated.

A “deeply disappointed” junior minister Andrew Doyle openly defied his party's instructions not to canvass in Cork and Tipperary amid an escalating feud between Fine Gael's Ireland South candidates.

Europe holds the key to solving the housing crisis and action now could help "restore trust" in the EU, Labour's Ireland South MEP candidate Sheila Nunan believes.

Fine Gael has been forced to “revise” its division of the Ireland South constituency in order to bolster MEP Deirdre Clune's flagging campaign, just 48 hours before polling.

On Friday, Irish citizens will be asked to cast their vote for candidates who will represent them in the European Parliament, as well as at local council level and a referendum on divorce legislation.

There are two sleeps left to local and European elections on Friday.

Election candidate Deirdre Clune recently visited a school where pupils are taught to elect a council. The Cork MEP says she’s learned a lot about politics in recent years too, writes Catherine Shanahan

Ms Clune is one of three sitting MEPs contesting Ireland South, with five seats up for grabs. But she was placed seventh in a Red C poll.

Forest owners were urged yesterday, World Bee Day, to introduce beehives to their native woodlands.

With Rosalia Long’s Zumba moves triggering positive feelings left, right and centre, Beaumont Girls National School was as good a place as any to re-energise for the final week of European Elections campaigning.

Post-election legal action, drinking with Nigel Farage, a brother involved in anti-Government protests, EU broadband funding demands — oh, and the little matter of the Ireland South MEP race. Fiachra Ó Cionnaith meets Fine Gael’s Sean Kelly.

Fianna Fáil TD and Ireland South MEP election candidate Billy Kelleher has been accused of "selling out" traditional pro-life party support over his decision to back the removal of the eighth amendment.

So that’s Wednesday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The Tánaiste has rejected suggestions that Fine Gael is denying voters the right to hear what their candidates have to say by banning Sean Kelly and Andrew Doyle from tomorrow night's Irish Examiner hustings.

Fine Gael has banned a second party candidate from taking part in the Irish Examiner European election debate in Cork amid fears that their involvement could damage sitting MEP Deirdre Clune’s re-election chances.

A major row has erupted within Fine Gael after junior minister Andrew Doyle was ordered not to attend a hustings event next week, after previously being told he could go.

From May 23-26, Irish voters will be thinking about the environment, immigration, spending imbalances, and an EU army, says Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe.

Tomorrow, May 10, is the deadline for submission of applications in the new reconstitution scheme for forest owners whose plantations were affected by the 2018 drought. It is for trees planted between November 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018.

In the first of a three-part series on the EU elections, Irish Examiner Political Editor Daniel McConnell profiles Ireland South

Farmers must consider retiring earlier to extend the sector’s life expectancy, said Dr Sharon McGuinness, CEO, Health Service Authority.

The latest figures to confirm they will seek an MEP seat were Independents Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, who will run in Ireland South and Dublin.