It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, so what better time then to look at the cattle trade.

Denis Lehane Stephen Shorten is a bright, articulate and hardworking farmer. He lives and farms in Enniskeane, Co Cork.

I’ve always been envious of Karen Walsh on page 20 of this paper.

I got the surprise of my life, the other night, when I spotted what looked like an old jeep of mine on the television.

Denis Lehane I got the shock of my life, the other morning, when I read the newspaper headline ‘David Cameron lands a job in AI.’ Tossing the paper aside, I let out a roar that my missus picked up on.

It will come as no surprise I’m sure, when I announce here today that I have the definitive itinerary regarding the trip of Donald Trump to Ireland.

Last week, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker received a mighty lump of a greeting card from Ireland.

Denis Lehane knows the first thing he'd do if he found himself swimming in money

After mastitis storm, milk quality award winner went the unconventional route to better herd health and never looked back, writes Denis Lehane.

I must start by saying I’m not a cat lover. While hatred would be too strong a word, it’s really not far off the mark, writes Denis Lehane.

Next weekend my missus and myself will celebrate 18 years of marital bliss, writes Denis Lehane.

Best of the breeds after gap of more than quarter of a century in Carbery’s Cork Beef Bull Championship

Co Cork suckler farmer Colin Wolfe hosts Townlands Carnival 2018 from Friday, July 20, to Sunday, July 22

Show organisers have eye and ear for the right musical talent to match the region’s prize farm animals, writes Denis Lehane

Do your weeks go by in a blur? Denis Lehane has the answer.

Honestly, sometimes you just have to marvel at the downright stupidity of it all.

This week, it really feels life is zooming by. We are all busy. Between farming and confirmations. Between religion and our calling to the land, we haven’t a moment to spare.

Grand National-winning owner Michael O’Leary turns his attention on April 28 to selling 50 of his pedigree Angus cattle, writes Denis Lehane.

If there is one thing lacking in rural Ireland, it’s matrimony, writes Denis Lehane.

Fellows at this time of the year can often be found complaining that they have the world of trouble to contend with.

Its diminishing population over the past 40 years has made the plight of the hen harrier a pressing issue, writes Denis Lehane.

Yesterday evening, with the sun about to disappear over the horizon, I went to check out a few bullocks that seemed to be in a terrible state of agitation.

Donal O’Keeffe tells the story of the mobile library service which brings a sense of community and joy to people of all ages.

As holiday season kicks into gear, a number of broadcasters and authors tell Jonathan deBurca Butler which books they’ll be packing in their suitcase.

It isn’t often that I have a heart-breaking, gut-wrenching, and downright depressing saga to divulge.

I have been let down badly by the readers of this paper. Indeed, so brutal was the betrayal that I seriously considered abstaining from writing for the week.