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QUALITY sells – and at a premium price too – as the Galway Wool Co-op has proven over recent years at its annual ‘Meitheal’ in Athenry Mart. This year’s annual of ‘top drawer’ Galway wool takes place in Athenry Mart on this Saturday, July 22, from 10am to 12 noon with around 100 farmers from […]
FARM families have been advised of key dates and positive changes to the SUSI third level education grants. Today – Thursday, June 8 – is the deadline for grant renewal applications while the last date for new grant applications is Thursday, July 6. The IFA has advised that many students from farm families qualify for […]
A Mayo woman who has worked with ALDI in her native county for the last sixteen years has been named as the manager of the chain’s new store in Ballyhaunis. Charlene Kilgallon is based locally and lives in Claremorris with her family and little daughter Aoife – and she previously worked at ALDI stores in […]
It was the end of an era for Aran’s lifeboat volunteers when long serving Coxswain John O’Donnell retired last week – after 21 years saving lives at sea off the west coast. Born and raised on Inis Mór on the Aran Islands, John has been Coxswain at the lifeboat station since 2003. And for his […]
FUNDING for the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) needs to be nearly stepped up to bring into line with the rate of payment under the new Suckler Cow Scheme, Galway IFA Chairman said this week. The told the Farming Tribune that he had asked Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue during his recent visit to Galway to seriously […]