18 February 2019

• Eir says plan to provide 30,000 farms with high-speed fibre broadband will be complete in June
  Eir says by June of this year some 30,000 farms will have access to high-speed fibre broadband under its fibre to the home rural rollout.
• Should the Government ditch the National Broadband Plan and focus on wireless for rural areas?
  Should the Government ditch the National Broadband Plan and trust a wireless operator to follow through on a promise to connect 400,000 rural homes and businesses? This is now a big question for Richard Bruton, the Taoiseach and more than a million Irish people in badly-served broadband areas.
• Ireland to be hotter than the French Riviera as temperatures set to reach 15C
  Ireland is set to prove warmer than the French Riviera by the weekend as a front of African and Mediterranean weather helps deliver an exceptionally mild spring.
• Consumers asked if they would eat ‘gene-edited’ animals
  Consumers are being asked their views on eating meat from “gene-edited” animals as researchers aim to eradicate livestock disease.
• Funding announced for energy efficient dairy farm equipment (40% grant aid available)
  The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton has announced funding for energy efficient dairy farm equipment.
• Caitlin urging other girls to join her on charity Tractor Run
  A TEENAGE girl who is taking part in a tractor run in memory of her grandfather is calling on other females to take to the road with her this Easter.
• Nutrition management of ewes during late pregnancy has a significant impact on profitability
  The energy requirement of single, twin and triplet-bearing ewes increase by 40, 60 and 70pc respectively during late pregnancy.
• Colm McCarthy: 'Punishing Ireland will only send carbon emissions higher still'
  Irish livestock farmers and Chinese steel producers have something in common. Both are successful exporters, both generate substantial greenhouse gas emissions and both are in the firing line in the debate on climate policy.
• The pros and cons of putting the farm into company status
  Q I am a young trained farmer and my father, having reached retirement age, has decided to transfer the family suckler farm to me.
• Tom Staunton: 'Factories need to get real with their quotes'
  All sheds are cleaned out for lambing and have been disinfected and sprayed with probiotics. I'm gathering up gates around the farm for the lambing pens and making sure I have all the supplies I need for lambing.