Maitiu Monaghan

DAERA ‘may have’ failed to comply with law to protect wild birds
DAERA ‘may have’ failed to comply with law to protect wild birds

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has found possible failures to comply with environmental law by the Department of Agriculture,...

Nominations open for 2025 veterinary wellbeing awards
Nominations open for 2025 veterinary wellbeing awards

The 2025 British Veterinary Association (BVA) Wellbeing Awards, which celebrates workplaces that prioritise the wellbeing of employees, are now open...

UFU: ‘Alarming absence’ of clear communication on A5 project
UFU: ‘Alarming absence’ of clear communication on A5 project

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has highlighted the challenges and “prolonged disruption” faced by farm families due to the ongoing...

MP: ‘Farmers have been crippled by bureaucracy’
MP: ‘Farmers have been crippled by bureaucracy’

The DUP’s agriculture spokesperson, Carla Lockhart has called for the Department of Agriculture, Enterprise and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to engage...

Von der Leyen outlines impact UK summit will have on NI
Von der Leyen outlines impact UK summit will have on NI

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen has called the “historic” EU – UK summit a success....

Cattle involved in overturned lorry incident in Northern Ireland
Cattle involved in overturned lorry incident in Northern Ireland

This morning (May 16), the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) responded to a road traffic collision involving an...

Farm orgs call for cross-border cooperation on dog control
Farm orgs call for cross-border cooperation on dog control

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and the Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) are calling for immediate and coordinated all-island measures to...

HSENI: ‘Vital farm families put rules in place to keep children safe’
HSENI: ‘Vital farm families put rules in place to keep children safe’

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) is urging farm families to visit its stand at the Balmoral Show...

PSNI investigating 2 burglaries in rural villages
PSNI investigating 2 burglaries in rural villages

Detectives in Newry are investigating an aggravated burglary at the home of an elderly couple in Forkhill, Co. Armagh in...

‘Stop before someone is injured or killed’ – Muir on wildfires
‘Stop before someone is injured or killed’ – Muir on wildfires

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) and Police Service of...

Co. Down farmer raises over £4,000 for Air Ambulance NI
Co. Down farmer raises over £4,000 for Air Ambulance NI

A farmer in Banbridge, Co. Down has raised over £4,000 for Air Ambulance Northern Ireland in gratitude for the life-saving...

Bird flu: Northern Ireland to lift housing order for poultry
Bird flu: Northern Ireland to lift housing order for poultry

The Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir has announced that the compulsory bird flu housing measures for...

Report claims half of ag land in UK at risk of flooding
Report claims half of ag land in UK at risk of flooding

A report from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has claimed that there is “unequivocal evidence” that climate change is making...

Red Tractor seeks views on tiered welfare standards proposals
Red Tractor seeks views on tiered welfare standards proposals

At the request of industry, the Red Tractor pigs sector board is seeking views on proposals to introduced tiered welfare...

Lough Neagh: First 2025 sighting of algae confirmed
Lough Neagh: First 2025 sighting of algae confirmed

The first confirmed report of blue-green algae in 2025 was received by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) on April 2,...

‘Blueprint’ to eradicate TB in Northern Ireland published
‘Blueprint’ to eradicate TB in Northern Ireland published

The Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir today (Tuesday, April 15) published the bovine tuberculosis (TB) steering...

Concerns raised over impact of US tariffs on Windsor Framework
Concerns raised over impact of US tariffs on Windsor Framework

The House of Lords Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee has written to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn,...

NI project to examine deep soil carbon stocks
NI project to examine deep soil carbon stocks

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has recently launched a large-scale deep soil carbon coring project across...