We had a lovely cosy meeting for our clients last week, where our guest speaker outlined how to build the "resilient" calf.

Last week, I listened with intent to a speaker who delivers his message precisely.

Back in 2009, I attended a seminar on BVD and its eradication at Corrin Mart, Fermoy.

Adoption rights campaigners have hit out at children's minister Katherine Zappone's failure to consult them about the Government's latest amendments to its long-promised information and tracing legislation.

It comes as a number of prominent independent politicians introduced a motion in the Dáil calling for an immediate inquiry and for immediate redress to be offered to survivors of Mother and Baby Homes.

Adoption campaigners have said the long-delayed scoping exercise into illegal registrations is a “cosmetic” exercise as it is not looking at illegal adoptions.

THE burial locations of thousands of babies born in mother and baby homes remain unknown after investigators hit unexplained gaps in official records and claims by religious orders that they did not know what went on.

I was driving to see a cow at Tommy’s recently. The call was to a cow down after calving and as he had already had a few cows that slipped in the yard and ended up in similar circumstances I was expecting to see yet another one when I arrived.

Raising the minimum wage closed the hourly pay gap between high and low earners, but had no strong impact on household incomes, according to a new report.

I watched the Irish rugby team against England and Scotland. I like watching rugby and had become accustomed to seeing Ireland play with a certain style and confidence.

IT was a Sunday when Dan called. He was in a spot of bother with an in-calf heifer.

Adoption rights campaigner Paul Redmond has resigned from the Mother and Baby Homes Collaborative Forum, calling it “a cynical, time-wasting farce”.

Experienced executives need to shed many of their old notions as the digital revolution’s profound implications are realised, says Kyran Fitzgerald.

The remains of hundreds of infants buried in a mass grave in Tuam will be exhumed as part of a “full forensic examination” of the site of the former mother and baby home.

Recently I was given a bulk milk sample from Paddy to send off to the laboratory for analysis.

In our glorious 2018 summer, when fodder availability became a serious issue, animals turned their attention to other available plants, shrubs and trees.

A scheme proposed by an Irish MEP to help workers with terminal cancer is being considered by the European Parliament.

I got a phone call from Donal recently. He had a cow that he found dead out in the field. I went out to look at her and her surroundings.

It was one of those really nice sunny days recently, that I went out to Tommy, to do the second year of his Knowledge Transfer Farm Improvement Plan.

At this time of the year, we get called to see cows that have not been seen bulling.

A pouch under the jaw could be caused by a few things, like a malfunctioning heart, liver fluke, or a disease we call “timber tongue”.

Any audit of adoption records needs to examine all forms of illegal adoption and not just illegal birth registrations.

Adoption campaigners want an immediate inquiry into the scale of illegal adoptions — a call they have repeatedly made for years.

Many years ago, when I was a young fellow, I decided to follow Leeds United.

Adoption campaigners have queried why the Mother and Baby Homes Commission has taken three years to issue a public call for information relating to the burials of children who died at the Bessborough home.

The one-year delay in the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Inquiry has received a mixed welcome from survivors.

Former residents of Mother and Baby homes say they want an immediate apology from the State.

Ana O'Brien does not require surgery on her fractured vertebrae in her neck and back.

A SMALL corner of Cork city’s venerable George’s Quay is slowly being rehabilitated and returned to a gem-like, Georgian era cluster.

Campaigners have called on the Government to start excavations at other mother and baby home sites after Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone said she is in favour of such a move.

The Coalition of Mother And Baby Home Survivors is demanding to meet the Taoiseach immediately.

The Coalition of Mother and Baby home Survivors has claimed that up to 7000 babies could have been buried at 9 mother and baby homes across the country.

Excavations at other mother and baby homes are being demanded after the discovery of “significant quantities” of infant remains at Tuam.

Adopted people and natural mothers have given a mixed reaction to new legislation granting them basic information and tracing rights.

Adoption groups have called for “a full criminal investigation” into the alteration of files relating to vaccine trials at Bessborough Mother and Baby Home.

Urgent Government action is needed to tackle rising insurance costs or risk significant job losses in the transport industry.

The Government has acceded to a request from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes for more time to complete its reports on foot of an unexpectedly large number of witnesses seeking to give testimony.

More than 13,000 files from St Patrick’s Guild adoption agency have transferred to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency — almost three years after the agency ceased to operate.

People who lived or worked in 27 County Homes will not be able to give evidence to the Mother and Baby Homes Commission.