Bacteria aren’t always fussy about where to settle down and multiply; the gut of a human, a pig or a cow will do nicely. But they’re not ...

Ex-Department vet, Paddy Kirwan, says that Veterinary Ireland (the representative body for vets) called on Department of Agriculture to s...

Ireland's Chief Veterinary Officer, Martin Blake, tells Damien O'Reilly on RTE's Countrywide that the Department of Agriculture does not ...

Tullamore beef farmer John Cleary expresses his shock and anger about the recent horseburger saga in Ireland

Stephen Philpott of the Ulster Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals talks about the illegal horse meat trade in Ireland & the...

Ella speaks with dairy farmer David Tiernan on his Co. Louth farm about why he sells raw milk; she also talks with the head of the Food S...

Raw, unpasteurised milk is legal to sell in Ireland. For years, the Department of Agriculture & the Food Safety Authority of Ireland hav...

Alo Mohan, a poultry farmer from Cavan, tells Ella why poultry farmers are in crisis. She also talks to poultry processor, Vincent Carto...

In the early 1990s, there were 1,000 abattoirs in Ireland. Today, that number is just 200. One farmer who is bucking the trend is Galway...