N.Ireland
UFU’s cross-compliance case against DAERA settled
A second judicial review against DAERA and NIEA, supported by the Ulster Farmers’ Union, on CAP cross-compliance breaches has been...
Court
Rural Life
Agri engineer ordered to pay £8,800 following worker's 3m fall
An agricultural engineer from Devon was recently sentenced after a worker sustained serious, life-changing injuries after a fall from height,...
Environment
Farmers fined over £2,000 for pollution to waterway
Three Coleraine farmers were convicted at Coleraine Magistrates Court on Friday (September 7) for causing two separate discharges of silage...
Rural Life
Farming firm fined £6,000 after 'serious' threshing machine incident
Devon firm Dullam & Co. (Farmers) has been fined today after a worker was dragged into a reed threshing machine....
N.Ireland
Co. Down farmer fined following welfare charges
A Co. Down farmer was today fined and sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two years, on animal...
N.Ireland
Co. Armagh farmer fined following welfare charges
A Co. Armagh farmer was today (Monday, July 16) fined and sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two...
N.Ireland
Farmer at centre of neighbour cattle theft case sentenced
By Michael Kenwood A north Down farmer found guilty of stealing five pedigree Holstein heifers from his neighbour’s farm, removing...
N.Ireland
Farm worker in court for deliberately smearing dung-covered boots in police car
A Co. Antrim farm worker who deliberately smeared cow manure from his boots onto the upholstery inside a police car...
N.Ireland
LacPatrick Dairies fined for pollution
LacPatrick Dairies’ Northern Ireland arm was today fined £5,000 at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court after it pleaded guilty to releasing polluting...
N.Ireland
Farmer convicted at Newry Court
A Co. Down farmer has been convicted at Newry Magistrates’ Court of offences relating to animal transport on Monday (April...
N.Ireland
Farmer wins appeal to overturn animal welfare charge conviction
A farmer from Northern Ireland and his employee won their appeal to overturn a conviction relating to an animal welfare...
N.Ireland
Farmer wins appeal to overturn animal welfare charge conviction
A farmer from Northern Ireland and his employee won their appeal to overturn a conviction relating to an animal welfare...
N.Ireland
Union to take department to court over CAP appeals decision
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said it will challenge through judicial review the department’s decision to move from a two-stage review...
Schemes
Union to take department to court over CAP appeals decision
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said it will challenge through judicial review the department’s decision to move from a two-stage review...
N.Ireland
'Ewe' must be joking: Driving ban for farmer caught on mobile phone
A farmer taking a sick sheep to the vet was spotted talking on a mobile phone whilst driving, Ballymena Magistrates...
N.Ireland
Barn dance catfight ends in assault conviction
Two Co. Down women ended up in court after a barn dance catfight resulted in one woman receiving facial injuries....
N.Ireland
Barn dance catfight ends in assault conviction
Two Co. Down women ended up in court after a barn dance catfight resulted in one woman receiving facial injuries....
N.Ireland
Farmer fined for 'intimidating' drivers with flashing beacon in car
A farmer who had a flashing beacon on the dashboard of his car as he drove in an “intimidating” way...
