Three Irish sheep sisters recently gave birth to a total of 11 lambs, including quintuplets, in what is being described as a farming miracle. The sheep, from Holland Sheep Farm in County Cork, gave ...

The number of sheep that entered the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland in 2024 totaled just over 365,500 head ...

‘Factory managers appear to have little interest in next week, next month or the next six months; and that’s no way to run a business long term,’ says farmer-cum-agent Nigel Stoddart Sheep farmer and ...

The sheep sector continues to decline, with the IFA Sheep Chair calling for more support to farmers provided by the ...

IFA sheep chair Adrian Gallagher said the ball is firmly at the foot of the Minister for Agriculture to show leadership and a ...

For Niamh Seoighe, hill sheep farming involves spotting sheep with binoculars, identifying them by distinctive markings, navigating the hills by Irish place names, and joining neighbours for the ...

It was a late February morning on Achill Island and the clouds looming above the Irish Sea were tinged in silvery gray. Working in unison, they waged war with the sun, whose halfhearted attempts to ...

If you think shearing sheep is all about broken backs, aching muscles, poverty and general slavery, well think again. You are living in the past! Sheep shearing today, is all about fast living, big ...