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Proposed CAP payments cut for pensioners ‘unacceptable’ – SF

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Agriculture and Food, Martin Kenny has said there should be no cuts to Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments for pensioners or part-time farmers. As p...

Farmers and contractors need further green diesel cut – SF

Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture and food, Martin Kenny has slammed the government’s latest fuel support package for “not going far enough to support Irish farm families and a...

Martin to carry on as FF leader into next elections and ‘fulfil my mandate’

Fuel support package ‘not permanent answer’, Martin says of energy crisis at annual 1916 commemoration event

Minister: No advance warning of Healy-Rae intention to resign

Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Martin Heydon has said he did not have advance of warning of Michael Healy-Rae’s decision to resign. The independent Kerry TD, who w...

Deputy Danny Healy-Rae hits back after committee loss – ‘They got their pound of flesh but I am not going away’

Deputy Danny Healy-Rae is remaining defiant after his removal from the agricultural committee this week and says he will continue to fight for the people of Kerry.

TB helpline under fire as TD warns farmers ‘unaware’ of mart rules

Farmers selling cattle are “unaware of who can buy them and what category they fall into,” according to the Sinn Féin spokesman on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Speaking in the...

Danny Healy-Rae wants Fianna Fáil to oust Micheál Martin over fuel fiasco – ‘He won’t listen’

Independent Deputy Danny Healy-Rae is urging Fianna Fáil members to consider replacing Taoiseach Micheál Martin in the wake of his handling of the national fuel protests as he clai...

TD outlines ‘disproportionate’ impact of wildfires on landowners

A Louth TD has highlighted to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon the ‘disproportionate impact’ wildfires can have on landowners and rural communities. Min...

Taoiseach: Vacancy left by Healy-Rae in DAFM to be filled

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that the vacant ministerial position in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) will be filled. Last month, Michael Healy-R...

McKevitt set to take top seat as Cathaoirleach of Dundalk Municipal District

Independent TD Barry Heneghan defends standing by government on fuel protests

Heneghan is a member of the Regional Independents that make up numbers for a Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael-led government.

MEP calls for forestry minister to be appointed ‘as soon as possible’

Fianna Fáil MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has this week contacted the Taoiseach to clarify when a new minister of state for forestry will be appointed. Last month, Michael Healy-Rae resig...

'There's a bit more to it': Taoiseach denies pushing Michael Healy-Rae out of government

Micheál Martin said it was “not fair to say” the Kerry TD would have lost his junior ministry if his brother Danny voted against the government.

Education Minister confronted by members of Enoch Burke’s family during visit to Donegal schools

Healy-Rae congratulates his replacement at DAFM

Former Minister of State, Michael Healy-Rae, has congratulated his replacement at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) – the Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins on hi...

DAFM to maintain €2m local authority funding for dog wardens in 2026

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has outlined initiatives to combat livestock worrying, including media awareness campaigns and more funding for dog ward...

Heydon issues statement as details of fuel supports awaited

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has insisted that “government recognises the urgency of providing solutions for all” amid ongoing fuel protests. In a s...

‘I completely disagree with Leo Varadkar’s comments’ – Heydon

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, has said recent comments made by the former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar about farmers were “wrong”. Leo Varadkar told t...

Taoiseach dismisses leadership speculation amid poor Fianna Fáil polling in byelection

Martin was asked whether there was a “Wes Streeting waiting in the wings”.

DAFM vacancy left by Healy-Rae expected to be filled this week

Agriland understands that a ministerial vacancy at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is due to be filled this week. The vacancy arose following Michael Heal...

Farmers’ incomes on agenda as Heydon meets with MEPs

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon is in Strasbourg today (Tuesday, April 28) to highlight ‘key Irish Presidency priorities”. Minister Heydon is meeti...

Martin says he was acting in best interests of Shamrock Rovers in Noonan contract saga

FAI’s director of football was chief executive of League of Ireland champions at the time of a complaint over a transfer agreement.

Galway West byelection: Who is Fine Gael's newest TD Seán Kyne?

In a tightly contested election, Fine Gael's Seán Kyne came out on top despite getting fewer first preference votes than Independent Ireland's Noel Thomas.

Minister clarifies payment schemes available for broadleaf plantations

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has clarified the payment schemes available for broadleaf forestry plantations. Minister Heydon was made the clarificati...