Tag: Laois IFA

There was a massive crowd in Abbeyleix Manor Hotel on Saturday evening as Laois IFA held a Dinner Dance. This was the first Laois IFA...

This story was published on LaoisToday in March 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of the massive National Farmers Association protest.   The surviving Laois members...

Over 350 people were in attendance at the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel on Friday night as Laois farmer Francie Gorman officially launched his campaign to...

The Laois man that is seeking to become the next president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) says that the biggest challenge he will...

Francie Gorman from Spink is set to contest for the position of IFA national president later this year. He is the current South Leinster chairman...

IFA national Grain Chairman Kieran McEvoy, from Emo, has said winter barley, winter oats and winter rape are now all completed - but concerns...

As the summer days get longer, temperatures (hopefully) begin to rise, and children are on their school holidays, John Fitzpatrick, Laois IFA chairman, describes...

Brian Rushe, the deputy president of the IFA, says that the government needs to remember the social and economical value of agriculture in the...

Laois IFA chairman John Fitzpatrick says that the biggest challenge for farmers this year will be the price of inputs while the issues of...

There was sadness in Rathdowney and beyond this week at the death of the widely-respected PJ Butler. Mr Butler served as secretary of Rathdowney IFA...

Emo-based farmer Kieran McEvoy has been elected as chairman of the IFA's national grain committee. The tillage farmer, who has been Laois IFA grain chairman...

The Laois IFA delegation to today's national protest in Dublin was joined this morning by farming colleagues from Tipperary, Cork, Kerry and Offaly as...

There's hardly a farm family in the country that haven't had an accident over the years. Some have been minor bumps or scrapes, more have...

The chairman of Laois IFA's environmental committee has said that farmers are fully  embracing the ever-increasing list of measures - but there must be...

In another sign that some sense of normality is returning to our lives, the IFA held their first demonstration in well over a year...

Laois IFA have joined the national launch of a new Agri Aware and IFA campaign. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness about...

The death has taken place of Liam Carroll, a highly-regarded member of the Courtwood and Rath communities. He passed away suddenly in his 92nd year...

Laois farmer Francie Gorman has been elected as the new chairman of South Leinster region of IFA. Gorman, who is from Spink and is a...

Declan Hanrahan, a suckler and beef farmer from Borris-in-Ossory, has been elected vice-chairman of the IFA livestock committee. Hanrahan is the current livestock representative for...

Laois IFA will have a voice on the county's Joint Policing Committee (JPC) for the first time following the appointment of Brendan Birney from...

There was a change at the top table at the Laois IFA AGM in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel on Monday night as Francie Gorman's...

"I'm sickened at the minute - because between extreme veganist campaigns and talk about the environment, we farmers are being treated like criminals." That was...

Laois farmers are out in force today as part of a major IFA protest outside Aldi's beef distribution centre in Naas. Farmers are protesting over...

Approximately 2,000 Laois farmers across 20 different branches are entitled to vote as the IFA presidential election gets underway today. IFA members vote for a...

A well-known Laois farmer has hit out at what he deems unfair elements of farm payments - and said that the work put in...

The future of beef farming came under the spotlight at the Laois IFA AGM in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel on Monday night, with chairman...

In February LaoisToday interviewed Alison Holmes for My Farming Life. We found out how she juggles physiotherapy with farming and got her advice for...

As Ireland basks in the Mediterranean-like heat, its presence is playing havoc with Irish farming. With temperatures in the last week reaching as high as...

At this month's Laois County Executive IFA meeting, members of the Clare IFA attended the meeting to say thanks for the help Laois farmers...

Alison Holmes is our feature farmer in this week's My Farming Life. Currently a lecturer in University of Limerick, as well as having a...