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ONE swallow will never make a summer and there are plenty of pitfalls on the road ahead but Offalys performance in beating Dublin in the Leinster Minor Hurling...

April has been a busy month on tillage farms. Over the past four weeks, readers have been sending in their best tillage snaps as part of Arable April. Arable April showcased the very best of the tillage industry over the month and was brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal and the Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG), with the support of Seedtech. Entries for the Arable April photo competition are now closed and the judges are deliberating. Here are selection of the best pictures submitte...

  On 1 January 2020, the word coronavirus was one that few farmers were familiar with, but as the year unfolded, COVID-19 came to dominate our lives and our timelines. Little wonder then, that there was huge interest in a laboratory study in Australia that a cattle wormer could potentially kill the wretched coronavirus. University of Monash scientists showed that a single dose of the anti-parasitic drug can stop the virus growing in a cell culture within 48 hours. At a time when the virus wa...

Super second half brings improving Offaly to provincial final Reporter: );  ); A STUNNING second half display saw the curtain come down on a stunningly spectacular weekend for Offaly when they sealed their place in the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship final with a convincing win over Westmeath in Mullingar today – joining the minor footballers who had a fabulous win over Kildare in their semi-final on Saturday. Offaly 2-18 Westmeath 1-8 Having scored 1-15 without reply against Kildare th...

Impressive Offaly go on rampage after stuttering start Reporter: );  ); A SENSATIONAL 1-15 without reply after a very sluggish start saw Offaly steamroll their way into the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship semi-final in Newbridge today. Westmeaths shock win over Dublin means Offaly play them next Sunday in the Leinster minor hurling semi final, probably in Mullingar. Offaly 1-18 Kildare 0-9 Finding themselves 0-4 to 0-1 behind after twelve minutes, it looked like it could be one of those d...