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The Montbeliarde herd grazing on the Hanbidge farm “I absolutely love the work on the farm and wouldn’t do anything else now,” says Linda. “I love the animals. I love the business side of it. I love trying to make it work for all of us. “The partnership is working really well. My dad is an all-rounder, but Gordon and I have very different strengths which complement each other. He is a great machinery man and I am the book person and I love the animals. With my dad there to give us a bit of experience, it is wonderful relationship.”

SHARING OPTIONS: The additional teacher posts are self-financing, with fee income from the enrolments covering salary and related costs. \ David Ruffles Teagasc’s plan to recruit 20 new Green Certificate teachers is set to provide between 800 and 1,000 extra places on courses. Following approval from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the semi-state advisory and education body has been cleared to recruit the teachers on two year contracts. The extra places will be made available on part-time and distance education Green Cert options, Minis...

March 5, 2021 5:18 pm The 20 additional fixed-term teaching positions which Teagasc will receive are set to increase the number of available Green Cert places by between 800 and 1,000, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has revealed. The minister announced this figure in a reply to a parliamentary question on the matter from Sinn Féin TD Pauline Tully. In his answer, Minister McConalogue said: “My department has been proactively engaging with Teagasc to maximise participation in the Green Cert. Since 2014, some 9,000 people have been accommodated on the cert ...

February 24, 2021 3:33 pm Calls are increasing in political circles for more places to be made available for prospective Green Cert students following a surge in demand in recent months. The Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) Level 5 Certificate in Agriculture and Level 6 Specific Purpose Certificate in Farming – better known as the Green Cert – is required to be a qualified farmer for the purposes of Revenue and Department of Agriculture schemes. Commenting on the matter, Fianna Fáil senator Robbie Gallagher made a case for more places to be introduced for Green Certificates, add...

Over subscription at Mayo College offering course for Green Cert Published: Friday, 29 January 2021 11:55 The disruption seen in the Green Cert applications system for young farmers requires an immediate intervention by the Minister for Agriculture, according to Mayo Sinn Féin deputy Rose Conway-Walsh. Earlier this week, up to 200 young farmers who had paid fees to do the Green Cert course at a Further Education College in Mayo were told that they had secured places on the course, but were informed later the same day that a mistake had been made. Refunds have been issued but the proble...