Mon, 21 Oct, 2024 Lighten Up: Farmer confusion as 'AI man' wins Nobel Prize Farming columnist Denis Lehane says he couldn't be happier to hear the 'AI man' has won the Nobel Prize, in this week's Lighten Up. Sat, 19 Oct, 2024...
“Producing what’s been acclaimed as ‘the best honey in Ireland’ wasn’t on the agenda when Olly Nolan began farming a smallholding on the outskirts of the capital eight years ago.” — Irish Independent More Press Olly Nolan Beekeerper and Smallholder Stella the Dog Friend & Bee...
The courts are a separate independent pillar of the State but if they are not willing to buy into speed limitations imposed by councils then where does that leave those who enforce our laws or those who legislate for it? Sat, 28 Dec, 2024Letters...
Independent Irish Fashion Week got off to a sparkling and energetic start with Megan McGuigan’s and Greg Hall’s fashion shows in Fade Street, followed by an array of events culminating in Smock Alley where some 20 talented young Irish designers showcased ...
Facing starvation and hopeless poverty, many Irish left for America at this time. However, when they arrived in cities like Boston (andNew York, Philadelphia and elsewhere), they came with few skills, other than subsistence farming. As a result, many of them took on low-paying factory work...
Only a small number went west to engage in farming, however. Most Irish immigrants were indeed peasants, but few had the money to purchase land or had sufficient skill and experience "T he first time I saw the Statue of Liberty all the people were rushing to the side of the boat. '...
For two or three generations, at least, ordinary houses were not provided with ordinaries of any kind ; barns and pig-pens were in close proximity to the houses, and the two were scarcely discrimi nated from each other; the methods of farming were to the last degree uncleanly and ...
“Coveney denies pylon network will damage farming sector”, Irish Independent, November 23, 2013. “Why opposition to project is so highly charged”, Irish Independent, December 4, 2013. “Rabbitte says that pylon consultations need to improve”, Irish Times, January 4, 2014. ...
Mr O’Connor (27) is from a farming family in Youghal. His mother is a food scientist and his father is a dairy farmer. Aged 14, Mr O’Connor successfully lobbied then minister for transport Leo Varadkar to make public transport fares more child-friendly when with Comhairle na nÓg. Vi...
The Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Robin Eames, has spoken of the desperation this Easter of the farming community because… Tue Apr 17 2001 - 01:00 Education the new mechanism to maintain inequality, says CORI A radical repositioning by religious orders still in Irish education has been...