Person: Jim O’Regan

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Low grain prices is last thing Irish livestock farmers want
Low grain prices is last thing Irish livestock farmers want
An extensive equipment grant scheme will open for farmers to make applications before April, said IFA National Grain Committee Chairman Liam Dunne last week — as he commented on a Co Cork-led campaign seeking better deal for tillage farmers.

Thu, 18 Feb, 2016

The groundswell of tillage farmer anger over TAMS 2 grant scheme won’t go away
The groundswell of tillage farmer anger over TAMS 2 grant scheme won’t go away
When the tillage sector was largely ignored in the TAMS 2 grant scheme launches in 2015, it was the last straw for hundreds of crop farmers.

Thu, 11 Feb, 2016

Sugar beet plan moves a step closer

A report is to be compiled within the next two weeks on a suitable site in Co Cork for a new sugar processing factory.

Tue, 04 Jun, 2013

Quota move boosts Irish Beet’s plans to revive Irish sugar industry
Quota move boosts Irish Beet’s plans to revive Irish sugar industry

Beet Ireland’s plans to revive the Irish sugar industry have been boosted by the recent EU Council of Ministers’ agreement to abolish quota restrictions by 2017.

Fri, 29 Mar, 2013

Beet Ireland tries to sweeten the deal for sugar farmers

Moves are afoot to revive the Irish sugar industry but it will take a lot of knocking of heads together, writes Joe Dermody

Mon, 11 Mar, 2013

Cork firms back sugar revival plans
Cork agri-business companies are among the first to provide letters of support in advance of a series of meetings to promote Beet Ireland’s drive to revive the Irish sugar industry.

Thu, 28 Feb, 2013

Beet Ireland to unveil location for sugar-producing factory

Sugar industry revivalists Beet Ireland are set to unveil the site which they intend will house Ireland’s first sugar factory since the industry imploded seven years ago.

Mon, 25 Feb, 2013

Over 1,300 at Beet Ireland meetings

HUNDREDS of farmers have signed expressions of interest in Beet Ireland’s attempts to restart sugar beet processing in Ireland.

Thu, 01 Dec, 2011

Interest high in sugar beet revival

MAJOR sugar processors such as British Sugar and Südzucker have expressed interest in Beet Ireland’s attempts to restart sugar beet processing in Ireland.

Thu, 17 Nov, 2011

Young farmers to be trained as dairy leaders

YOUNG farmers are to be trained on how to become future leaders in the €3 billion Irish dairy industry.

Mon, 31 Oct, 2011

15 vie for places in Club of Year final

FIFTEEN clubs have been named as the elite group of semi-finalists in the AIB Club of the Year competition.

Thu, 06 Oct, 2011

Website for sugar beet support

FARMERS can declare an interest in growing a sugar beet crop by registering on the www.sugarbeet.ie website set up by the by the BEET Ireland (Beet Ethanol Energy Teoranta Ireland) group.

Thu, 05 May, 2011

2,000 tillage farmers would plant sugar beet if profitability proved

MORE than 2,000 tillage farmers are willing to plant sugar beet if a feasibility study proves that a new sugar and ethanol plant can be made profitable.

Sat, 29 Jan, 2011

Mulder-type legal action on sugar beet closure considered

FARMERS keen on rebuilding Ireland’s sugar industry may yet resort to legal action seeking Mulder-type compensation for beet growers.

Thu, 30 Dec, 2010

City’s major retailers to open on Stephen’s Day

WITH some of Dublin’s stores planning to open on St Stephen’s Day, some of the biggest stores in Cork city are planning to follow suit in a bid to generate extra sales after a difficult year for the retail industry.

Fri, 17 Dec, 2010

Saville Menswear ties up Cork Business Award

SAVILLE Menswear won the Cork Business of the Year Award on Saturday night.

Mon, 19 Nov, 2007

Saville Menswear suits up for award

ONE of the largest menswear stores in Europe, situated in the heart of Cork city, was yesterday announced as the third quarter winner of the Cork Business Association business of the year award.

Wed, 29 Aug, 2007

EU Council approval seals fate of beet industry
NO formal vote was taken as the Council of EU agriculture ministers agreed last week what IFA has described as the end of beet production in Ireland.

Thu, 01 Dec, 2005

‘No future’ in sugar beet, IFA hears
AN emergency meeting of the Irish Farmers Association’s national sugar beet committee in Dublin yesterday unanimously concluded that beet production in Ireland has ended.

Sat, 26 Nov, 2005

End of Irish sugar production looms
THE end of sugar production in Ireland moved closer last night after radical reforms for the industry in the European Union were adopted by farm ministers following three days of tense negotiations in Brussels.

Fri, 25 Nov, 2005

Sugar beet growers hit out at €310m aid package

Irish sugar beet growers tonight claimed a €310m aid package to reform the industry was a black day for farming.

Thu, 24 Nov, 2005

Beet farmers say ‘No Sell Out’to EU reforms
FARMERS who grow beet for the €140 million Irish sugar processing industry sent a defiant “No Sell Out” message to the Government and the European Commission at a rally attended by over 3,000 people in Mallow, Co Cork, yesterday.

Mon, 21 Nov, 2005

Sugar future not looking so sweet in EC plans

The plan to radically reform the sugar regime across Europe puts Irish production at stake, reports Agribusiness Correspondent Ray Ryan.

Mon, 21 Nov, 2005

Farmers in sugar beet protest

A procession of tractors and beet trailers made their way through the centre of a Cork town today to highlight the threat to the sugar beet industry.

Sun, 20 Nov, 2005

IFA to stage sugar protest
AN urgent SOS message will be issued to the European Union and the Government at a public protest in Mallow, Co Cork, tomorrow afternoon - ‘Save Our Sugar’.

Sat, 19 Nov, 2005

Farmers urged to attend sugar beet protest rally
ALL farmers have been urged to support beet growers in their fight against European Union sugar reform proposals by turning out at a protest rally in Mallow on Sunday afternoon.

Thu, 17 Nov, 2005

IFA rally to highlight sugar fears
THE Irish Farmers Association will hold a big public rally in Mallow this coming Sunday afternoon to highlight the threat posed to the beet growing and sugar processing sectors in Ireland by proposed European Commission reforms.

Tue, 15 Nov, 2005

Ireland’s best tillage crop on borrowed time
BEET growers were warned this week that they may be only two weeks away from the death of their industry, as IFA briefed farmers around the country on its fight against EU sugar reforms which Agriculture Commissioner Fischer Boel will try to finalise in the Council of Ministers meeting starting on November 22.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2005

Last gasp sugar effort call
BEET growers’ leader Jim O’Regan has called for a last gasp effort to save the sugar industry, which is delivering payments of €1,200 per acre to farmers for this year’s bumper crop.

Thu, 03 Nov, 2005

EC holds firm on sugar reforms
THE European Commission held firmly to its radical sugar reform proposals at a Council of Agricultural Ministers meeting in Luxembourg yesterday, but a blocking minority of 10 countries increased to 11 with Poland joining the ranks of member states opposed to the moves.

Wed, 26 Oct, 2005

IFA criticises EU sugar decision
The chairman of the IFA sugar beet section, Jim O’Regan is highly critical of the EU Commission for its decision on declassifying 1.806m tonnes of sugar quota for the 2005/06 marketing year.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2005

Thousands of sugar beet farmers protest reforms outside EU meeting

THOUSANDS of farmers from all over Europe and from some of the world’s poorest countries protested against huge price cuts and changes in the sugar regime outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels.

Tue, 19 Jul, 2005

Beet compensation must be paid directly to quota farmers
ANY compensation for surrendering beet quota must be paid directly to the farmers who were filling the quota, demanded Macra president Colm Markey, who warned that last week’s EU sugar industry proposals threatened to wipe out the beet industry in Ireland.

Thu, 30 Jun, 2005

IFA accuses Blair of misrepresentation
ONLY €1 out of every €100 of European taxpayers’ money goes to agriculture and food, according to the Irish Farmers Association (IFA).

Sat, 25 Jun, 2005

Government vows to fight ‘unacceptable’ measures
THE European Commission proposals for sugar industry reform are simply not acceptable in their present form, Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan said yesterday.

Thu, 23 Jun, 2005

Sugar reforms far from sweet
Fears are growing that our sugar and beetindustry will be wiped out, says RAY RYAN.

Wed, 22 Jun, 2005

Doom report on future of Irish sugar industry ‘has significant shortcomings’
THE analysis in a report by the European Commission that a proposed 39% cut in prices might wipe out the sugar industry in Ireland suffers from a few significant shortcomings, it was claimed yesterday.

Wed, 15 Jun, 2005

Irish sugar industry may end, report claims
SUGAR production in Ireland, now consolidated in a single site at Mallow, could be abandoned following radical EU reforms, a study claimed yesterday.

Tue, 14 Jun, 2005

‘EU sugar reforms will cripple growers’
Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent

Fri, 03 Jun, 2005

Negotiations to reform EU sugar policy may deplete Irish industry
THE negotiations on the proposals to reform the European sugar regime will be tough, according to Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan. She made the prediction as fears intensified that the revised EU proposals, due to be published on June 22, could wipe out the sugar industry in Ireland. Adding to the anxiety about the potential impact of a more radical than anticipated reform is a recent ruling by the WTO that the EU was illegally pushing subsidised sugar on to the world market.

Thu, 26 May, 2005

IFA secures sugar beet deal
IFA has given sugar beet growers the go-ahead to sign contracts for 2005, after concluding a two year price agreement and a four-year rail transport subsidy deal with Irish Sugar.

Thu, 07 Apr, 2005

Beet set for sowing as growers reach accord
Mallow: The way has been cleared for the growing of this year’s beet crop, which will be processed at the country’s last remaining sugar factory in Mallow, following the closure of the Carlow plant last month.

Wed, 06 Apr, 2005

Beet deal on price and conditions
Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent

Thu, 17 Mar, 2005

Intervention offer worries Irish Sugar
THE recent offering of 86,000 tonnes of European Union sugar into intervention was described by Irish Sugar yesterday as a very worrying development.

Tue, 01 Mar, 2005

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