THE report produced for the European Parliament on the future of the sheep industry by Ireland East member Liam Aylward has been widely praised.

THE recent package for sheep farmers will do little to secure the sector’s future, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association has claimed.

KERRY GROUP has announced that James Brosnan, Walter Costello and Roger Robbins have retired from the board.

URGENT action is needed to preserve the pure mountain hill sheep breeds, according to the ICMSA Sheep Committee chairperson James Brosnan.