Irish Farmers Association

Agriculture takes up 74 per cent of the country’s land

Rural housing plan welcomed in local communities, but it is a ‘huge departure from sustainable development’, says planner

Plus: enough with the AI posters already, selling sushi to the Japanese and life as an otter

IFA had called on Larry Murrin to resign over imports at his company, Dawn Farms

Nature restoration isn’t a luxury. It’s one of the highest-return investments available to the State

Rising energy and wage bills, labour shortages and poor weather have put the squeeze on Irish vegetable growers

Public land should be preferred option for greenways but this is ‘not being consistently followed’, TDs and senators heard

Merit in former taoiseach’s point about rural Ireland receiving substantial benefits

Former taoiseach’s urban-rural economic divide comments were quick to fuel tempers, but what does the data say

Farmer protest prompted food board to spend extra on security

The depth of antipathy and ‘hatred’ directed at Coalition parties in recent months has caught the Government by surprise

Alice Doyle on sibling responsibility, happiness in her life, and being described as ‘brutally honest’

During an era of social media, sinister orchestration and fragmented politics, a path to resolution looks doubtful

Nationwide disruption continues as petrol station forecourts run low on supply due to ongoing blockades

Ministers insist they will only speak to organisations such as Irish Road Hauliers Association and Irish Farmers Association

A TikTok account on tractors and trailers has grown into a national movement

Convoys of vehicles cause hold-ups for multiple towns, cities and motorways

Compulsory purchase orders remain point of contention in projects while others would prefer to see old lines reopen to trains

Minister says supply of fertiliser may only be enough to last country’s farmers until mid to late April

Brussels signs another trade deal Irish farmers oppose

Food supply model under scrutiny after one of Ireland’s largest carrot producers winds down

With little hope of ending Larry Murrin’s tenure, has the IFA long since lost its high-profile battle?

What used to be a once in a generation event tends to come around a lot more often these days

Larry Murrin to temporarily step aside from meetings during independent review, while remaining chair of the board

Murrin to remain in role but meetings ‘will be facilitated by another current board member’ during governance review

Signs alleged to have been ripped from door after against protest Larry Murrin

Protesters demonstrate outside constituency office of Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon

Opposition and farmers condemn EU move to allow South America trade deal to operate provisionally

Trade deal will slash tariffs that had acted as a barrier to trade between the EU and Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.

Decision to provisionally apply EU-Mercosur deal without MEPs sign off draws backlash from farmers

Farmers at the sit-in protest in the Bord Bia offices in Dublin say they want chairman Larry Murrin to step down to repair trust

IFA has called on Larry Murrin to resign from food board role amid controversy over his company’s importation of Brazilian beef

Farmers’ lobby backs itself into corner by demanding Larry Murrin be sacked

Contradiction in Irish farmer protests against Bord Bia chair over ‘minuscule’ amount of Brazilian beef, while importing grain from South America, says MEP

Hildegarde Naughton: farming lobby protests ‘potentially very damaging’ to agri-food sector

Farmers have been marched up the hill by their representatives, notably the Irish Farmers’ Association

Farmers’ groups called for the head of the Bord Bia chairman Larry Murrin, some mixing him up with the famous drummer

The former RTÉ presenter quickly puts her stamp on her Newstalk show – and her reshuffled colleagues also play their cards right

Larry Murrin told Oireachtas committee he has no conflict of interest and called for dialogue with lobby groups

This week's row over Bord Bia chairman Larry Murrin is classic Irish ‘gotcha’ politics