Cathal O'Shea

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PSNI advise farmers on how to protect quads after spree of thefts
PSNI advise farmers on how to protect quads after spree of thefts

The Fermanagh and Omagh division of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are warning that there has been a...

RSPCA concerned over lack of animal welfare in bTB review
RSPCA concerned over lack of animal welfare in bTB review

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has responded to the Department for Environment, Food and...

Minister Muir urged to launch NI sheep scheme at ‘Love Lamb Week’
Minister Muir urged to launch NI sheep scheme at ‘Love Lamb Week’

MP Carla Lockhart is urging Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir to attend ‘Love Lamb Week’ to...

UFU calls on farmers to write to their local MPs over inheritance tax
UFU calls on farmers to write to their local MPs over inheritance tax

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has launched a new campaign encouraging farmers to write to their local MPs in a...

UK edges ahead of Ireland as updated TB strategy review published
UK edges ahead of Ireland as updated TB strategy review published

The UK has edged ahead of Ireland by publishing its bovine tuberculosis (TB) strategy review today (September 4). The review...

Poll: 80% of farmers ‘worry for survival’ due to UK inheritance tax changes
Poll: 80% of farmers ‘worry for survival’ due to UK inheritance tax changes

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has found that 80% of farmers ‘worry for survival’ as a result of...

AHDB: UK dairy exports to Ireland increased by 7% to 251,000t
AHDB: UK dairy exports to Ireland increased by 7% to 251,000t

A new report shows that UK dairy exports to Ireland increased by 7% to 251,000 tonnes in quarter two of...

Fresh appeal launched for information following tractor collision on A1
Fresh appeal launched for information following tractor collision on A1

A fresh appeal has been launched by Lincolnshire police force to identify the driver of a tractor who was involved...

Police warn of a spike in rural crime as game season opens
Police warn of a spike in rural crime as game season opens

Ahead of the opening of game season next week, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary has warned of a spike...

Bega Cheese potential Fonterra Oceania acquisition not going ahead
Bega Cheese potential Fonterra Oceania acquisition not going ahead

Bega Cheese has indicated that its proposed acquisition of certain businesses within the Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited will not go...

Watch: Driver disqualified after losing control of tractor in city
Watch: Driver disqualified after losing control of tractor in city

Lancashire Police posted a clip to social media today (Thursday August 21) of a 30-year-old tractor driver losing control of...

Defra upgrades bird flu biosecurity measures in England
Defra upgrades bird flu biosecurity measures in England

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have announced that updates have been made to the mandatory biosecurity...

NFU welcomes voluntary blood testing for TB
NFU welcomes voluntary blood testing for TB

The National Farmers Union (NFU) has welcomed the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra’s) announcement of voluntary blood...

Tyrone tractor set on fire in suspected case of arson
Tyrone tractor set on fire in suspected case of arson

Police in Co. Tyrone are appealing for witnesses after a tractor was set on fire in what is believed to...

Defra upgrades bird flu risk level in England as virus continues to spread
Defra upgrades bird flu risk level in England as virus continues to spread

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has upgraded the risk level of the highly pathogenic avian influenza...

NPA welcomes new Fair Dealing pig regulations
NPA welcomes new Fair Dealing pig regulations

The National Pig Association (NPA) is welcoming the government’s newly introduced Fair Dealing regulations for the pig supply chain. The...

Cranswick pig farm stripped of Red Tractor certification
Cranswick pig farm stripped of Red Tractor certification

One of the UK’s largest pig producers, Cranswick Plc, has being stripped of its Red Tractor certification following alleged animal...

PSNI investigating theft of 21 sheep in Co. Tyrone
PSNI investigating theft of 21 sheep in Co. Tyrone

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is appealing for information following the suspected theft of sheep in Co. Tyrone....