European Commission officials visited Ireland in recent weeks to meet with several Irish farming groups opposed to the EU’s South American trade deal, in a bid to change minds as the bloc looks at more international pacts in the wake of its 15 per cent tariff deal with Trump.
IMAGE PwC Family Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2025 winner Ursula Kelly on taking on the Department of Agriculture, faking it till you make it, and navigating family succession planning.
MagrowTec designs technology to spray crops more effectively. Recent filings show one of its main shareholders committing up to €20m in financing for the company.
The Currency examines US-based construction magnate Maurice Regan’s landbank in the Premier County as he butts up against John Magnier’s Coolmore empire – along with their rivalry's perceived knock-on impact on land prices.
Purchases of agricultural land by companies and investors risk pricing farmers out and returning ownership to a restricted elite, prompting calls for the restoration of a regulatory body absent since the abolition of the Land Commission.
The agribusiness group is suing Richard Kennedy and a farming company owned by the former EY Entrepreneur of the Year winner’s two sons.
Farmers encouraged to plant trees in recent decades face income loss from a series of after-effects from storm Éowyn. The challenge is a test for newly appointed junior minister Michael Healy-Rae.
Roebuck Foods was in the business of milking cows, and meat and dairy trade and logistics. It is now on course to raise up to €10m to acquire a Galway start-up addressing livestock’s methane emissions.
All the main parties have voiced opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal but an updated agreement and text means Ireland will have to reassess the terms. Will it change sides?
Manifestos from Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and the Green Party raise their opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal. But in Brussels the machine is marching on to get the deal done next month.
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