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‘It takes a village’ – Kilkenny farmers urged to help teachers deliver farm safety education

By Kilkenny Now 11th November 2024 0

AgriKids and Irish Rural Link have urged Kilkenny communities to register their interest in a new farm safety education guide. The manual – which will be freely available to schools – is designed to support primary teachers and members of their local farming communities with the tools needed to co-deliver an effective farm safety education […]

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Kilkenny Mart closed over failure to wear masks near vaccination centre

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2021 0

Kilkenny‘s livestock mart was forced to close its doors for trading yesterday due to a breach in Covid 19 regulations. The Department of Agriculture suspended yesterday morning’s cows, heifers and bullocks late after issues arose over the wearing of masks at the venue in Cillin Hill, where the mass vaccination centre is also based. Dairy […]

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11 malnourished horses seized in Garda raid on county Kilkenny property

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2021 0

Gardai have seized 11 horses in county Kilkenny as part of a planned raid. Yesterday officers entered lands close to Castlecomer to perform a search under the Animal Health & Welfare Act, 2013. The search was a multi-agency operation that included officers from the Department of Agriculture, members of the ISPCA and KSPCA as well […]

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WATCH: ‘Bonzo wants to go out’ – Kilkenny gardai launch dog control campaign as 80s sheepworrying ad gets reboot

By Kilkenny Now 11th March 2021 0

Kilkenny dog owners are being reminded to “keep their dogs under control” at all times when out and about in the contryside. That’s the message from Kilkenny gardai as we move into the busiest time of lambing season Sheepworrying is becoming such an issue that an iconic, if somewhat harrowing, ad from the 1980’s is […]

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Kilkenny poultry farmers urged to be on alert amid Bird Flu outbreak

By Kilkenny Now 11th December 2020 0

Kilkenny poultry farmers are being told to be on alert after a flock of free range turkeys had to be killed after contracting Avian Influenza. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine confirmed the positive tests were discovered in a turkey flock in county Wicklow. They confirmed the birds have been killed and an […]

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What a load of bull! Live exports of cattle to Algeria from Kilkenny port cancelled again

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2020 0

A  company’s shipment of 1,200 bulls and bullocks due to sail for North Africa last week but then cancelled and then rescheduled for for this Friday has been cancelled again. In a statement, Roundwood Park Livestock Limited and Premium Livestock said that almost 700 animals available from three suppliers that were due to be shipped […]

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LIVE EXPORT UPDATE: U-turn means 1,200 bulls will now be shipped out to North Africa from Kilkenny port this Friday

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2020 2

A shipment of 1,200 bulls and bullocks due to leave a county Kilkenny port for North Africa last week but then cancelled will now take place this Friday after agreement was reached between the exporter and the Department of Agriculture. Up to 6,000 live bulls and bullocks could leave Belview Port in South Kilkenny over […]

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Kilkenny meat plant protestors defy High Court ruling

By Kilkenny Now 28th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY farmers, unhappy with the outcome of beef crisis talks, have ignored a High Court ruling stopping them blockading meat factories. Up to 80 farmers contiune protesting outside two plants in Kilkenny this morning, the Dawn Meats facility at Grannagh and the Anglo-Beef Processors (ABP) Food Group plant at Ferrybank. Yesterday the […]

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Picket suspended outside Kilkenny meat processing plant

By Kilkenny Now 10th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FARMERS who had been picketing a meat processing site in south Kilkenny over beef prices have called off their protest for the time being. Last night representatives of the Beef Plan Movement and Meat Industry Ireland (MII) accepted a proposal aimed at ending the blockades at meat processing plants across the country. […]

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Kilkenny TD accuses Agriculture Minister of hiding away from the escalating beef crisis

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A LOCAL TD, and farmer, has put the welly into the Minister of Agriculture accusing him of hiding away from the issues at the centre of the beef crisis protests. Kilkenny’s Fianna Fáil TD Bobby Aylward is calling on Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to find a way of opening dialogue between all […]