WEANLING prices are back between €100 and €150 on this time last year, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association.

Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) suckler chairman Brendan McLaughlin has warned that the future of suckler farming is in danger after the findings of the latest Teagasc Profit Monitor report.

WEANLING prices will have to rise substantially if suckler farming is to remain viable, in the face of escalating farm costs, it was claimed yesterday.

ITALIAN farmers want healthy weanlings that will have a consistent thrive over the fattening period, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association.

ICSA president Malcolm Thompson and several current position holders were re-elected unopposed at the recent ICSA national executive meeting.

Police in the North were today hunting thugs who savagely beat to death more than a dozen sheep and lambs at an isolated farm.

There was a dramatic finish to the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship clash between Dublin and Laois at Nowlan Park.