Agri Week podcast 07/03/2024
This week, Ronan Flanagan is out of the warm studio and attends the Sligo branch IFA’s ‘Enough is Enough’ protest outside the offices of Sligo County Council. While John Lynch is in Kinlough to talk to farmers in north Leitrim as they signal their discontent at the local authority’s…
Former Leitrim Council CEO predicts bright future for the county
The former CEO of Leitrim County Council has urged those working in the tourism and hospitality sector to do all they can to exceed the expectations of visitors so as to help the industry overcome the challenges that it currently faces. Lar Power’s tenure as CEO of the Local…
Reward offered to find those responsible for sickening attack on dog.
A warning that the following item is one that some listeners may find uncomfortable to listen to. The North West Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Ballina is offering a€1,000 reward for information leading to the identity of the person responsible for setting a dog on…
What is the future for Dromahair Hotel
Recently residents in the village of Dromahair have lodged several calls to OceanFM looking to establish what the owners of the Abbey Hotel intend to do with the building. The uncertainly of its future uses has got the rumour mill working in the North Leitrim areas with suggestions the…
Agri Week: Forestry jobs at risk, SEEFA call for Government actions and climate change impact on agriculture
On this week’s edition of Agri Week we talk to Enniscrone native Marina Conway from Western Forestry Co-op. Forestry group are appealing to Government to prevent demise of 12,000 jobs amid licensing crisis. A group called SEEFA Social Economic and environmental Association are appealing to the Government to take action.…
Agri Week: Rewilding the north west. New fishing regulations on weighing of catches. Factory Fiction Quotes for lambs.
1.44 With a national agenda for rewilding large areas of our country gathering pace through proposals outlined in the EU Biodiversity Strategy. The Irish Natura Hill Farmers Association have pointed to recent fires in Killarney National Park as an insight into the potential dangers of what they maintain is a…
Agri Week: Latest on Cap talks. Dead Sheep dumped in Donegal. Farm Payments for Shass mountain farmers.
On Agri Week this week We will talk to MEP Luke Ming Flanagan on the very latest on the negotiations on the new CAP. Flanagan is the only Irish politician directly involved in the talks. We hear the latest discussions in the Dáil on how farmers impacted by…