Rural Life
A Co. Offaly landowner has been fined €10,500 at a district court for the "destruction of vegetation" which included a 283-year-old oak tree.
The case against a man accused of murdering Kerry farmer Michael Gaine was further adjourned at Tralee District Court today.
Beef
Legislation which provides for the enforcement of payments to farmers from meat producers “could have come in years ago” a court has heard.
Agri-Business
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin, Germany has filed an indictment against...
N.Ireland
A sawmill company in Northern Ireland has been fined £87,000 after an employee had his foot amputated following a serious injury at work.
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted in court for water pollution offence that resulted...
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga, Latvia has secured a conviction at the...
A man has pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court to sexually assaulting a teenage boy while he was working on his farm.
A US national charged with the murder of Co. Kerry farmer Michael Gaine has been remanded in custody again today (Wednesday, March 18).
A judge has told a court that cattle owners and property owners have an obligation to ensure that their cattle do not cause damage.
Environment
Coolmore company Shem Drowne Ltd has today (Friday, March 13) been fined €100,000 for the removal of hedgerows in Co. Tipperary.
Meade Potato Company Unlimited has been fined €150,000 following an incident in which an employee’s arm was trapped in machinery
A Co. Galway farmer has pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of a then 16-year-old girl on board a transatlantic Aer Lingus flight to Boston.
A court in Northern Ireland has fined a farmer for a water pollution offence that resulted in a fish kill.
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted in court in relation to a water pollution...
Agri Politics
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is to be asked to give its legal opinion on the controversial EU-Mercosur deal.
A court has told a farmer that he left it too late to start legal proceedings on claims that his neighbour had "promised" him land.
The Kildare Chilling Company has been fined €225,000 by a judge at Kildare Circuit Court in relation to a fatal workplace accident.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is leading the investigation into alleged EU agricultural funding fraud in Sardinia.
Assets worth over €250,000 have been seized in Italy as part of an ongoing EU agricultural funding fraud case.
A judget has told Ennis District Court that it is very hard for him to "unsee" pictures provided to the court of the neglect of animals.
By Gordon Deegan A 78-year old Clare man has pleaded guilty to owning a dog who 'worried'...
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been banned from owning or looking after animals following a...
