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The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) is calling on Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue to introduce legislation to fine people who walk dogs near sheep farms.
This is particularly a problem on hills if dogs are let off leads.
Pat Ó Sé, chair of the Hill Committee of Kerry IFA, It s something we have been very concerned about in IFA over a long period of time. This problem has increased with the pandemic and people going out and buying new pets and dogs and bringing then on to the hills.
He said on top of sheep deaths, there are many multiples of that where sheep are injured - they re coming in with broken legs, broken hips and an awful lot of abortions on the hill .
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Food pricing and farm incomes must be reconnected
The core of this change will be increased regulatory cost relating to greater environmental compliance.
A further key element, particularly for the dairy sector, is likely to be a regulatory-based restriction on livestock numbers.
While the Taoiseach’s speech and a range of recent policy statements have, in fairness, outlined a commitment to providing income support to farmers in recognition of some of the cost of change, the thorny issue of the price of food remains one key element of this change that, as yet remains, if not unspoken, certainly undelivered.
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The RDI Hub in Killorglin is taking centre stage in Kerry’s start-up scene as part of the national consortium recently awarded the government contract to manage the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) service for start-ups.
The €17 million contract will see the RDI Hub (Rdihub.com) work alongside Dogpatch Labs in Dublin, the Republic of Work in Cork and Portershed Galway to manage the rollout of NDRC accelerator programmes regionally.
The Taoiseach will address the first ever remote AGM of the Irish Farmers Association today. It will focus on the EU’s new Common Agricultural Policy budget, which will be negotiated this year. Farmers could lose up to 30 per cent of their annual payment if they don’t engage in eco-friendly schemes. IFA president Tim Cullinan […]