Rural Life
Donegal farmer 'shaken' after tractor gets caught up in bridge collapse
Farmer Seamus McColgan from Iskaheen, Muff, Co. Donegal, is said to be “quite shaken” after the tractor he was driving...
Flooding
Rural Life
North-west flooding leaves destruction in its wake
The flooding that struck the north-west of the country has left a trail of devastation in its wake in both...
Environment
Record breaking amounts spent on flood relief in 2016
The Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Flood Relief, Seán Canney, said 2016...
Rural Life
Is your farm ready for a freezing cold winter?
Freezing weather conditions affects farming in several ways and to help give advice to farmers on what to do in...
Rural Life
A Voluntary Farmyard Relocation Scheme could be on the cards
The possibility of a voluntary farmyard relocation scheme is being discussed by the Government’s Interdepartmental Flood Policy Co-ordination Working Group....
Rural Life
Flooding problems on the Shannon 'won't be solved in one winter'
Problems arising from the flooding from the Shannon will not be solved in one winter, Minister of State at the Department of...
Rural Life
'Farmers and farming families are still under siege from rising flood waters'
Farmers and farming families are still under siege from rising flood waters at a number of turloughs in Roscommon and Galway, Fianna...
Environment
'Flood risk group not meeting in 4 years a total insult to people affected'
A steering group that was to oversee a national programme for flood risk assessment did not meet during a four-year period, a new...
N.Ireland
Farmers in the North urged to apply for flood relief
Farmers and other owners of flood-hit land and property in Northern Ireland are being advised by the North’s Department of...
N.Ireland
Farmers in the North hit by flooding to benefit from £1,000 relief
Farmers in Northern Ireland affected by the recent flooding will be able to apply for £1,000 financial aid under a new...
Environment
Over €600,000 paid out in flood relief payments to date
Some 377 applications were received by the Department of Agriculture under the Fodder Aid Scheme which was open between January...
Environment
Rainfall levels 250% the norm in parts as farmers battle waterlogged ground
Between waterlogged ground and exceptionally strong winter growth, the weather this winter has been nothing short of a disaster for...
N.Ireland
'Long-term prospects for farming are good, but that's no consolation for those struggling now'
Last year was an extremely difficult year for the farming sector and while the long-term prospects for farming are good...
Environment
Farmers to receive funding to help alleviate flooding problems
Farmers are to receive funding from the Government to help alleviate the difficulties they are facing from flooding. Yesterday, Tuesday,...
Rural Life
Farmers in the east are offering to help their flooded western counterparts
Over the last few days, a number of farmers in the east of the country have contacted Agriland about donating haylage...
Rural Life
Pics: Flooding has turned one Mayo farm into the 'local lake'
A Mayo farm family’s home and farmland has now become ‘the local lake‘, after flooding has devastated the area. Stephen...
World News
New research could lead to flood-tolerant cereals
Scientists at the University of Nottingham claim to have developed a way of breeding cereals to be more tolerant of...
