Stay updated with breaking news from Michael Odonovan. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Event Time 9:30am Venue Online This webinar will examine new insights to feeding dairy cows at pasture. The results from a joint research programme between Teagasc Moorepark and Department of Animal Science, Cornell University will be presented by Michael Dineen. Presenter: Panellist:
March 15, 2021 6:30 am Soil conditions and inclement weather are two of the biggest limitations affecting the extension of the grazing season on Irish dairy farms. Over 50% of soils in the Republic of Ireland are classified as podzols, gleysols or histosols. These soils are slow draining and practically impervious, thereby preventing full-time turnout to pasture in early spring and late autumn, due to a high risk of poaching damage. Teagasc researchers Michael O’Donovan and Emer Kennedy, completed a trial in order to investigate ways in which the grazing season can be extended and therefore...
Why Ireland's older pubs are part of our cultural heritage Updated / Monday, 15 Mar 2021 16:01 "The longer pubs remain closed, the bigger the threat to a part of Irish heritage". Photo: Tim Graham/Getty Images Opinion: what makes traditional Irish pubs so distinctive lies in their history, interior and decor Back in December 2020, amid criticism of the government for keeping 'wet' pubs closed as part of Covid-19. restrictions, the Taoiseach Micheál Martin told the Dáil that "there's nothing I would like better right now than a pint in a rural pub in the west of Ireland' . Many of us, st...
A man shot and seriously injured in a gun attack in Dublin over a year ago has died in hospital. Barry Wolverson, aged in his early 40s, suffered gunshot wounds to the head and body following a shooting near Dublin Airport in January of last year. He was struck a number of times while sitting in a Mercedes car at Killeek Lane, St Margaret’s, Swords, and rushed to Beaumont Hospital. The gun victim had been in a critical condition ever since and yesterday was pronounced dead. A garda spokeswoman said: “Gardaí investigating the shooting incident at Killeek Lane, St. Margaret's, Swords, Co. ...
Sun, 21 Feb, 2021 - 10:34 'Taoiseach taking it upon himself to tell our employees they won’t have jobs back until summer': Cork hospitality figures critical of reopening update Vienna Woods Hotel proprietor Michael Magner said he was disappointed with the lack of communication towards the hospitality sector. John Bohane BUSINESS figures within the Cork hospitality industry have expressed their disappointment following the Taoiseach’s admission that Ministers will not consider reopening hospitality until the middle of the summer. Micheál Martin expressed concern about uncertainties surr...