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The council had voted 6-4 in favour of establishing a Māori ward in 2017. Only two members from that time are no longer on council. Of those who remain, five – Alison Short, Phil Marsh, Hilary Humphrey, mayor Helen Worboys and Shane Casey – voted in favour of the ward. Councillors Steve Bielski, Stuart Campbell and Andrew Quarrie were opposed. The vote of first-time council member Heather Gee-Taylor is uncertain. She said she was still to familiarise herself with the process involved. She may be the deciding factor if councillors vote the way they did in 2017, with fellow first-tim...

Image source: Shane Casey output price index increased by 1.8% in February 2021 compared with January 2021, according to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The agricultural input price index increased by 1.4% over the same period. As a result, the terms of trade index was up 0.4% in this period.  Data from CSO Ireland On an annual basis, the agricultural input price index increased by 1.8% in February 2021 compared with February 2020. The agricultural output price index increased by 1.3% in February 2021 compared with February 2020.  Agricultural Price Index The i...

By Alan Dillon, Teagasc Drystock Specialist/Green Acres Programme Manager The Teagasc Green Acres Dairy Calf to Beef programme finished its second year on December 31, 2020. Profitability has improved across most of the programme farms for 2020 with an average net profit of €455/ha recorded. No subsidies of any description are included in the figures quoted. There is big variation in the level of profit between these 12 farms with the highest level of profit being €1,140/ha and the lowest being €18/ha. The average grassland stocking rate across all the farms was 2.31 LU/ha while a gross...

Intruder start time: What is the Channel 5 drama about? Clara Gaspar Updated: Apr 5 2021, 7:35 ET INTRUDER is a brand new drama coming to Channel 5. The new thriller is billed as "a dangerous path of cover up, corruption and murder", and you can catch it TONIGHT (April 5). 3 Actress Pauline Quirke stars as a Family Liason officer in the dramaCredit: Photographer Bernard Walsh / Chalkboard / Clapperboard / ViacomCBS What time is Intruder on tonight? Intruder premieres on Channel 5 on Monday April 5. It will air nightly in the same week at 9pm each night. What is Intruder about? The four-par...

Image source: Shane Casey With March now here, winter barley management and spring barley sowing will be to the fore of farmers’ minds over the coming weeks, according to Teagasc. John Galvin, Teagasc drystock and tillage advisor, Galway, offered advice on these two themes, highlighting that, at present – following a very wet January and February – land still remains unfit to travel and field work has to be put on hold until weather conditions improve. August and September of 2020 were dryer than previous years which gave greater opportunity for the sowing of winter crops, in particula...