Minister Awards Funding to Animal Welfare Groups
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, yesterday announced payments totalling €1.235m to organisations involved in animal care and welfare services. The payments...

Ag Minister Outlines Main Features of 2012 Estimates
IRELAND - Announcing his expenditure estimates for 2012 yesterday, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD said that despite the on-going serious difficulties in the public...

Study: Agri-Food Industry’s View on Animal Cloning
IRELAND - The sale of food from cloned animals and their offspring is legal in the USA. The US Food and Drug Administration in 2008 stated that such products were indistinguishable from those of non-cloned...

Pig Grant Scheme Not Enough to Aid Sector
IRELAND - IFA Pigs Committee Chairman Tim Cullinan said that the introduction of the Pigs Welfare Scheme, while welcome, is not enough to help pig producers comply with the regulations.

€29 M Welfare Schemes for Pig, Poultry Producers
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, yesterday announced details of two new on-farm investment schemes designed to improve the standards of animal welfare in sow...

Aujeszky’s Disease ‘Almost Eliminated’ in Pigs
IRELAND - Aujesky's Disease has been practically eliminated from Ireland following two national testing phases, Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith has disclosed.

Ag Minister Calls for 'Coherent Animal Health Policy'
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, yesterday advocated "a new coherent animal health policy - one that is more flexible, risk-based, prevention-orientated and...

€1.185M Funding For Animal Welfare Organisations
IRELAND - Payments totalling €1.185 million have been approved to 112 organisations involved in the direct delivery of animal care and welfare services to assist with their work during 2010.

Irish Pork Not Up to Scratch for Top Chefs
IRELAND - The vast majority of top chefs avoid using home-produced pork because of poor standards, according to a new survey.

Agriculture Minister Outlines Pig Scheme
IRELAND - Pig farmers have welcomed the €13m scheme for converting sows to loose housing - a scheme recently announced by agriculture minister Brendan Smith.

AFBI and Teagasc Sign Scientific Collaboration MoU
IRELAND - Scientific collaboration between the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and Teagasc has been formally recognised with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two org...

New Farm Safety Action Plan Launched
IRELAND - A call for increased vigilance on farms was made yesterday by Mr Billy Kelleher T.D., Minister for Labour Affairs.