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Semi-state eyes up the Kildare gas site
The Dealer
I hear that country’s semi-state gas utility is among a pool of developers eyeing up the country’s only green gas injection point in Cush, Kildare.
What a cracking performance
2 April 2025 Dealer
What a cracking performance
The 96 eggs are actually in recognition of the club’s connection to local agriculture.
Project Connect gets moving
2 April 2025 Dealer
Project Connect gets moving
Jobs have been advertised and an executive director and a technical lead are being sought for Project Connect.
Sextuplet lambs
A Donegal farmer had 12 lambs out of two ewes in the space of a week.
2 April 2025 Dealer
Charlie Bird's last case one of FMD
Charlie Bird's last case is a gripping story of a 1970's republican paramilitary threat to undermine Irish farming.
2 April 2025 Dealer
Cats are milking it
As the Cat’s prepare for the opening game of the Leinster hurling championship against Galway on 19 April, they have announced that Tirlán will sponsor them for the 31st season.
2 April 2025 Dealer
The bible for rural men
Oliver Callan was chatting about what emergency essentials Irish people need after the European Union encouraged households to stock a three-day crisis survival kit.
2 April 2025 Dealer
Star ratings a celestial headache
The distance between the breed societies and the ICBF could best be measured in light years, but there is an urgent need for the gap to be bridged.
2 April 2025 Dealer
A good dose for farmers
Emma Brennan, Mia Kiernan, Kate McKeon, Emma Gantley, Aoife Cadam and Kelly Davis will take their product, It’s a Dose, to the National Student Enterprise Finals.
26 March 2025 Dealer
Foal registration an expensive game
The Dealer was bemused by some of Prof Paddy Wall's report into Ireland's horse tractability.
26 March 2025 Dealer
Could calf rearers become the new pedigree farmers?
The pedigree breeders council aren't too happy with the Teagasc plans to start breeding bulls.
26 March 2025 Dealer
Beef bonanza turns dreams into reality
The dairy farmer has received more than €11,000 for five Friesian bullocks, that were valued at €150 or €30/hd in 2023 as calves.
26 March 2025 Dealer