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Eamon O’Connell: Fighting crypto can be a losing battle – but there’s light at the end of the tunnel
‘Farmers are willing to open up their land if they get a bit of respect’ – rural Ireland resists ‘right to roam’… but is there an acceptable compromise?
How ‘green lairds’ are ousting Britain’s tenant farmers
Eamon O’Connell: How to avoid costly mistakes when administering antibiotics, dosing products and dry-cow minerals
Dublin gang uses rural Airbnb as base to carry out 20 burglaries in five days
Why I’ve started going to the gym at 46 – and why I’ve had to park my ego at the door
John Downing: Fine Gael dusts off wellies and looks to grassroots as elections draw nearer
‘I leased out my farm when I retired, now the tenant is wrecking the place. What can I do?’
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Why failing in my dairy partnership might be the best thing I’ve ever done
‘They did as much if not more work than their husbands or partners’ – calls to speed up end of exclusion of female farmers from pension rights
Jim O’Brien: Dressing to impress, even yourself, is a challenge as the mileage mounts
‘With the low milk prices at the moment, the vending machines are saving us’
‘There is complete and utter objection to it’ – farmer on EirGrid pylons
ICA faces Revenue probe as it emerges member quit over ‘culture of omerta’
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: It’s hard to look your most glamorous when all your deadlines strike at once
Jim O’Brien: The short evenings, the crackle of the fire and other signs that nothing stays the same
When Boycott became boycott: The day the Irish people gave the English language a new word
‘I can’t remember the last time I cried, but I certainly did that night’ – vet Eamon O’Connell on having to put down his ‘faithful co-pilot’ Cosco
Meet the Waterford farmer using ancient methods to grow grapes and make wine
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Someone dumped sick horses on my land – how can they be my problem?
Tipperary woman makes history to become first full-time independent cattle hoof trimmer
‘Drastic’ changes needed to gain farmer support for Athlone to Galway Cycleway
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: ‘Gentleman foresters’ are buying up land – but they’re not a big threat to farmers
Clarkson’s Farm’s Kaleb Cooper: If my kids move to London they can visit me – I’m not going there
‘I want to sell the family farm to pay for my father’s nursing care but my sisters are trying to stop me’
Leitrim farmers open the door to their area’s storied history with interactive townlands project
‘Farming is a vocation and there’s no holidays. You can’t tell the cows you’re off to Santa Ponsa, milk yourselves’
Andrew Bergin: How upland wintering is key to keeping the Burren beautiful
Vet's Diary: Can I have my ball back please – when foreign objects cause mayhem on the farm
‘Once your space is intruded, there’s no relaxing any more’: Personal experiences of farmers standing strong against crime
How this Tipperary couple opened up their farm and now attract ‘thousands of visitors’ a year
Eamon O’Connell: How I used one cow as a blood donor when her comrade was bleeding from her milk vein
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Why pre-nups are unfair on female farmers
Why this blacksmith is using the same methods as the Celts, the Vikings and the Romans to make iron
Why opening one glamping pod on his farm was the best thing this Clare farmer has ever done
How this family-run Limerick hotel is blazing a trail for sustainability
Eamon O’Connell: Scanning and salmonella – don’t count your chickens before they hatch
‘I want to be buried under an oak tree on my family farm but I was told this is illegal. Is that true?’
‘We were townies – neither of us had ever milked anything before’
‘A driver hit our dog, which had to be put down. Now she’s saying I have to pay for the damage to her car’
Eamon O’Connell: Pasture management can help control lungworm – but monitoring is the key
Andrew Bergin: Birds of prey will control rats on your farm – as long as you don’t poison them first
Revealed: The big reductions in speed limits for many Irish roads in bid to prevent death and injury
Darragh McCullough: I’ve been bitten by the vintage tractor bug
35 local farmers step up to safeguard world-famous Cliffs of Moher coastal walk
I tried to overtake a slow-moving tractor and I got rear-ended by the car behind me. Can I sue the tractor driver?
Jim O’Brien: September offers new beginnings and a chance to reshape your own history
Clarkson’s Farm ‘bigger than Jeremy’ says Amazon as show’s future still not decided
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Why rural Ireland will never let go of cash – or chequebooks
‘The farmer we leased our land to says he can’t afford to pay the rent. What are our options?’
A window into the past – ‘lost’ documents offer insight into the early days of dairy modernisation
Mike Brady: Five steps to feeling better about your farm
Group migration by small farmers from the west to the east – a personal reflection
Patrick Hogan (1891-1936): Architect of the 1923 Land Act and canny pragmatist who brought order to the chaos
How access to concealed Land Commission files offers historical insight into land disputes
Unveiling the Land Commission: A rare glimpse into the work of an inspector and the demise of an institution
Irish Land War: How militarised policing emerged with Special Infantry Corps to tackle unrest
Michael D Higgins: After the Landlords Came a New Class: Unveiling the Transformative Impact of the 1923 Land Act
The agricultural landscape has changed dramatically in 30 years – so do we need a new Land Commission?
Fianna Fáil’s economic war and land reform: Controversy over annuity payments and acreage redistribution in 1930s Ireland
Role of Michael Collins in tackling land question was largely underplayed
‘My father was run out of Clare’ – President Michael D Higgins on his family after the Civil War
From Civil War to Politics: the August 1923 election and how democracy was finally embraced
The Irish Land Commission and its records – how rural body put the fear into rural Ireland for over a century
Land, marriage and family: the status of women in the new State
The forgotten significance of the 1923 Land Act and how it helped end the Civil War
Burning rage: How Offaly led the big houses revolt during the last Land War
Reversing Oliver Cromwell’s land policy: Migration schemes to Co Meath, 1923–48
Land and revolution in central Europe, 1917-23: how reforms failed as empires fell and new states formed
President Michael D. Higgins: The demise of the Land Commission was a ‘tragedy’
Parnell had a huge impact, but an unrelenting desire for land meant there had to be a Land Act in 1923
Eamon O’Connell: Sitting exhausted beside the dead calf, I was left asking myself, what could I have done to prevent this?
What the landlords did with their massive fortunes
How this Mayo-based duo turned their sheepdog expertise into a business
Darragh McCullough: Farmers should grab a slice of the booming service economy
Taste test: Supermarket Wagyu beef — is it worth the money?
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Farming fathers need more support with childcare
Beyond Buzzwords: What does regenerative agriculture even mean?
Darragh McCullough: When technology goes horribly wrong and a pizza party literally turns to sh*t
Rate of drug use among farmers ‘less than reported’, study finds
‘Goats are my workmates and my friends’: Meet the man who started a rent-a-goat business
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Why farmers will be up in arms if anyone tries to take our guns off us
Joe Barry: There’s nothing to beat going for a walk in your own woods – and it’s never too late to plant trees
Peter Hynes: Why we agreed to be interviewed for the RTÉ doc – and how our phones have gone silent since it aired
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