The average liquid milk producer has been spending 40c to produce a litre of milk over the past two years, according to an accountant’s report at the recent Fresh Milk Producers 2016 Conference.

New president Joe Healy has pledged greater transparency in the IFA, after a low election turnout pointed to the challenges ahead for IFA’s 15th president.

An international milk price comparison shows Dairygold Co-op paying more for milk in February than Glanbia or Kerry, in contrast to Irish milk price leagues which show it paying a lower price.

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A Garda and former senior Kilkenny hurler who lost partial vision after he was run down by a getaway car in a robbery at a Glanbia plant was yesterday awarded almost €280,000 damages in the High Court.

Following years of food scandals, from milk contaminated with an industrial chemical to the use of industrial dyes in eggs, and soya sauce made from hair clippings swept off salon floors, China has finally brought out a range of food safety regulations and legal penalties to clean up its food industry.

THERE were almost as many scrums at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska yesterday as there were during a game at the Rugby World Cup.

Dairy farmer Teddy Cashman has been elected as chairman of the National Dairy Council.

Leo Varadkar says he does not think the Government is getting bad value for money with the deal for free GP care for the under 6s and over 70s, a 13-year-old boy who murdered a 53-year-old Irish man in north London is to be sentenced today and a nurse motivated by his desire for patient safety has been placed off duty. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com.

Wealth creation is a subject that stirs up emotive debate in many quarters. If you are for it, some will condemn your mad capitalistic instincts. 

Three Munster shopping centres are among five so-called ‘provincial shopping centres’ dubbed the Harvest Portfolio, up for sale promising a nine per cent return on a €50million investment.

As the weather cools Roz Crowley casts her eye over some of the  vegetable soups that are on the market.

Don’t tell us that you didn’t see it coming. The Sky kites have been floating high for quite some time now, going back to Liam O’Neill’s first weekend in office in April 2012.

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Over 110 new jobs have been announced today in counties Dublin, Monaghan and Louth.

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Up to 2,000 jobs, many indirectly, could be created by a dairy production facility which could boost the economy in the South-East by hundreds of millions of euro annually.

Its death warrant may not come into effect until the end of the month, but already the lights are out at the Garda station in Ballyduff in Co Waterford, after it was designated for closure under the Government’s latest plan.

Ninety-nine percent of Glanbia plc shareholders have approved a proposal to enter into a dairy processing joint venture.

Farmer groups have unanimously welcomed the vote by Glanbia Co-op members to approve the Plc’s joint venture proposal, and have instantly called upon the board to now honour its promise of a stronger milk price for suppliers.

The president of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) Bertie O’Leary has called on Glanbia shareholders to vote “yes” and pave the way for the creation of Glanbia Ingredients Ireland.

Cavan dairy farmers David and Kathleen Cassidy have been named overall winners of the 2012 NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards, known in the industry as the “Sam Maguire of farming”.

The Board of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) have this evening appointed Kevin Toland as the company’s new chief executive.

The ICMSA has called on Glanbia to immediately suspend milk seasonality penalties for 2012 and allow farmers to plan for the rest of the year without the threat of fines relating to milk supplied in June or earlier.

The ICMSA has confirmed that all county chairpersons, secretaries and National Council members in the Glanbia catchment area will meet at Kilkenny’s Springhill Court Hotel next Monday at 8pm to discuss the Glanbia JV proposals.