Aisling O'Brien

Aisling O

Aisling O’Brien graduated from Dublin City University (DCU) with a masters in journalism and also holds a bachelor of arts from University College Cork (UCC). Since 2007, the Kerry native has worked in broadcast media, most recently at Radio Kerry, where she presented the weekly farming show for six years. Aisling has won several awards for her work, including Best Radio Show at the Irish Guild of Agricultural Journalism awards.

Origin Enterprises to launch €20m share buyback programme
Origin Enterprises to launch €20m share buyback programme

Origin Enterprises plc, the international agri-services group, has seen group revenue grow by 41% in a year to €2.3 billion,...

Diesel laundering waste costs Monaghan County Council €100,000
Diesel laundering waste costs Monaghan County Council €100,000

Monaghan County Council is expecting to spend around €100,000 this year dealing with the illegal dumping of diesel laundering waste....

Fonterra to retain Australian business amid ‘strong’ annual results
Fonterra to retain Australian business amid ‘strong’ annual results

New Zealand dairy cooperative, Fonterra, has decided not to sell its Australian arm, stating that the business will play a...

GDT price index continues upward momentum
GDT price index continues upward momentum

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price index has recorded a second increase in a row following its latest auction. Event...

Video: Japanese ‘mega farm’ produces milk and Wagyu beef
Video: Japanese ‘mega farm’ produces milk and Wagyu beef

After he inherited a farm from his father-in-law in Japan 40 years ago, Hiroo Takeuchi was milking 50 cows. Today,...

GDT price index posts first increase since June
GDT price index posts first increase since June

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has recorded its first increase since June following its latest trading event. As a...

Yara cuts European ammonia production due to record gas prices
Yara cuts European ammonia production due to record gas prices

Yara has announced today (Thursday, August 25) that it will be implementing further ammonia production cuts as a result of...

Polish company cuts fertiliser production due to gas prices
Polish company cuts fertiliser production due to gas prices

Poland’s largest chemical company has decided to temporarily shut down its nitrogen (N) fertiliser production units due to record natural...

Vertical farming laboratory to grow herbs for cosmetics
Vertical farming laboratory to grow herbs for cosmetics

A vertical farming laboratory, which will allow a French company to produce herbs for organic cosmetics, has been officially opened....

Poots launches campaign to combat puppy smuggling in NI
Poots launches campaign to combat puppy smuggling in NI

Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots has launched a new campaign to combat puppy smuggling....

GDT price index records fifth consecutive fall
GDT price index records fifth consecutive fall

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price index has suffered its fifth consecutive fall following its latest trading event, which took...

First grain shipment from Ukraine to Africa sets sail
First grain shipment from Ukraine to Africa sets sail

The first shipment of grain to Africa from Ukraine since the Russian invasion began has embarked on its journey. The...

Cancer research body joins calls for clarity on red meat data
Cancer research body joins calls for clarity on red meat data

An international cancer research body has written to a leading medical journal outlining concerns about data used to determine the...

Corn dominates agricultural exports from Ukraine
Corn dominates agricultural exports from Ukraine

Ukraine exported three million tons of agricultural products in July, according to the country’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food....

UN: July 2022 was among warmest on record
UN: July 2022 was among warmest on record

This year saw one of the three warmest Julys on record, according to the United Nations (UN) weather agency. The...

GDT hosts first single-product auction
GDT hosts first single-product auction

Global Dairy Trade (GDT) has hosted its first single-product auction as part of a pilot project to increase the frequency...

Canada pledges $40m for grain storage in Ukraine
Canada pledges $40m for grain storage in Ukraine

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a $40 million project funded by Canada to...

Dutch farmers hit by water shortages due to drought
Dutch farmers hit by water shortages due to drought

Farmers in parts of the Netherlands have been restricted from using water to irrigate their crops due to an ongoing...