Person: Jim Flanagan

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Youghal grans battle for ‘most glamorous’ title

Grandmothers will battle this weekend for the title of most glamorous in Youghal, Co Cork.

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Protest in Youghal in bid to save landmark viewing balcony

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‘Lives will be lost’, say locals

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Youghal adopts new signature dish, fish pie

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Macra scholarship to fund foreign study trip for young sheep farmer

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Dentist killed wife and lover’s husband

Royal Dublin Society’s ‘historic role’ in developing forestry highlighted

THE historic role of the Royal Dublin Society in developing Irish forestry was highlighted at Donadea Forest Park, Kilcock, Co Kildare, when details of this year’s national forestry awards were announced.

Sat, 10 Jul, 2010

Top gardeners can win €500

PRIZES totalling €3,000 await the top performers in allotment gardening.

Thu, 24 Jun, 2010

RDS announces awards scheme in recognition of allotment gardeners

THE RDS has announced the launch of an awards scheme that recognises the growing interest in allotment gardening.

Sat, 05 Jun, 2010

Teagasc coy on Boyle speculation

TEAGASC said yesterday it was not confirming or denying speculation regarding the appointment of a new director.

Fri, 03 Aug, 2007

Flanagan to retire from role as Teagasc director

TEAGASC director Jim Flanagan has decided to retire on September 21 on reaching eligibility for full pension.

Thu, 07 Sep, 2006

Bid to re-write N and P law

NEW Teagasc advice will be finalised in the coming week before being sent to the Government, which will then make a case to the European Commission for revising the new rules on phosphorous and nitrogen usage which the Government wrote into legislation in December.

Thu, 23 Feb, 2006

Nitrates laws more stringent than REPS standards

FOR the past nine years Richard Connell has been farming at Gurtyowen, near Goleen in west Cork, to the highest European Union environmental standards.

Mon, 20 Feb, 2006

Teagasc vote meeting postponed

TEAGASC announced last night that a scheduled meeting due to be held at Oak Park in Carlow today, has been postponed.

Wed, 01 Feb, 2006

Pressure rises over nitrates law

PRESSURE intensified yesterday to have changes made to the nitrates regulations which come into force next Wednesday.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2006

Advice on nitrates directive is not included in law, says Teagasc

TEAGASC yesterday disclosed that some vital elements of the advice it had provided on the nitrates directive were not fully included in the final statutory instrument.

Thu, 26 Jan, 2006

Teagasc defends nitrates advice

TEAGASC has insisted that as an independent body, it has provided the best scientific advice to the two Government departments directly concerned with the nitrates directive.

Fri, 13 Jan, 2006

Profit monitoring ‘essential for farmers’

THE focus must now be on farming for profit and to do this successfully, budgeting, management accounting and profit monitoring are essential activities, according to the Director of Teagasc, Jim Flanagan.

Sat, 17 Dec, 2005

Initiative addresses farm accidents

A THREE-year project to reduce farm accidents was launched yesterday.

Sat, 19 Nov, 2005

Fresh bid to cut farm deaths by half

A new safety project was launched today in a bid to halve the high number of deaths on farms.

Fri, 18 Nov, 2005

Teagasc to invest up to €4m to search for alternative fuels

TEAGASC, the agriculture and food development authority, is to get involved in the search for alternative fuels, it confirmed yesterday.

Fri, 21 Oct, 2005

Teagasc launches customer charter

TEAGASC has launched a customer charter and service action plan to help meet challenges following CAP reform and a shift in consumer attitudes towards food choices, quality and safety.

Fri, 09 Sep, 2005

Calls for Teagasc to outline plans

Brian O’Mahony, Chief Business Correspondent

Sat, 09 Jul, 2005

Girl who threatened garda's children gets probation

A 17-year-old girl, who threatened to burn down a Garda’s home and then said she would slit his children’s throats after she attacked him, has been given the benefit of the Probation Act.

Tue, 05 Jul, 2005

Teagasc management criticised over expenses scam

THE Comptroller and Auditor General, John Purcell, has criticised management at Teagasc after it emerged an employee had claimed bogus travel expenses worth almost €80,000.

Fri, 21 Jan, 2005

Employee nabbed for €78,000 travel expense scam

Bosses at agri-research body Teagasc failed to notice for 15 years that a worker had been filing weekly bogus travel expenses worth €77,636, it emerged today.

Thu, 20 Jan, 2005

Teagasc to offer specialised service

The country’s commercial farmers are to be offered a more specialised advisory service by Teagasc.

Tue, 14 Sep, 2004

Guide to farm partnerships welcomed

Ireland: The dos and don’ts of farm partnerships are outlined in a comprehensive guide just published by Teagasc.

Sat, 24 Jul, 2004

Have action plans ready for decoupling in 2005, farmers are advised

FARMERS in Teagasc’s new Planning Post Fischler advisory programme will take part in group discussions and get individual advice on developing and implementing action plans.

Thu, 22 Jan, 2004

High-level group to set out vision for agriculture

A HIGH-LEVEL group to be chaired by Alan Dukes has been established by Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh to set out a vision for the agriculture and food sector over the next decade.

Tue, 20 Jan, 2004

Stocktake of dairy research needed

A FULL stocktaking of dairy research should be undertaken to gear up farmers for the future, according to the new chairman of the ICMSA Dairy Committee Dominic Cronin.

Sat, 10 Jan, 2004

Processors unhappy with decoupling

MEAT processors yesterday described the Government’s decision to opt for full decoupling of livestock premia in Ireland as disappointing.

Tue, 21 Oct, 2003

Flanagan elected president of EAAP

Ireland: The Director of Teagasc, Jim Flanagan, has been elected president of the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP), the professional representative body for the animal production sector in some 40 countries in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Sat, 04 Oct, 2003

Life after €12m budget cut

THE MOST important topic for research at Teagasc this year is how to get your work done, having had your annual budget cut

Thu, 27 Feb, 2003

How will the enlarged European look – if we vote yes

THE Agricultural Science Association will urge all its members at their annual conference in Dublin tomorrow to support the ratification of the Nice Treaty.

Thu, 12 Sep, 2002