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A Glenavy man has been sentenced to five months in prison after being found guilty of breaching a court-ordered ban on keeping animals. James Steele (55), of Gobrana Road, Glenavy, Crumlin, appeared before Lisburn Court where he was handed a five-month custodial sentence and ordered to pay a £25 offender levy for one charge under the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) confirmed that the case aro

South Antrim MP Robin Swann, Ms Antoniazzi, and UFU President William Irvine Ulster Unionist MP Robin Swann has hosted a high-level meeting in Westminster with representatives from the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) and the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee, Tonia Antoniazzi MP, to discuss the major challenges facing the farming sector. The meeting followed a presentation by the UFU to the Committee earlier the same day, with discussions focusing on the pres

As the slurry season draws to a close on 15 October 2025, NI Water is reminding farmers across Northern Ireland to take extra care to...

(L-R) Tom Griffin, Annie Griffin, Julie Rohan, Liam Rohan and Emily Rohan Embrace FARM, the Irish agricultural charity founded to support...

Disease control measures have been implemented by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) following a...

CAFRE Level 3 Agriculture students visit Cogent UK in Chester at the start of their three-day study tour of Wales supported by The Gibson...

Beef cattle grazing at the Hill Farm is managed using virtual fence technology. More than 260 visitors braved wet weather to attend the...

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has agreed to write to DAERA Minister Andrew Muir MLA urging him to “reflect on his actions around...

Musical Director Barkley Thompson with new accompanists Grace Dornan and Roseanna Hunter. The Farmers’ Choir has launched its Winter...

Police in Ballymena are appealing for information following the theft of 20 sheep from land adjacent to the Cromkill Road. The incident...

Student Recruitment Team, (L-R) Laura Browne, Liz Simpson and Caoimhe Hegarty will be happy to answer your questions. The College of...

CAFRE Beef and Sheep Adviser John Hamilton. As sheep farmers across Northern Ireland turn their attention to assembling breeding flocks...

A County Antrim farmer has been taken to hospital after an incident involving a slurry pit on a farm near Ballycastle. Emergency services...

Education Minister Paul Givan has welcomed the passing of the School Uniforms Bill at Consideration Stage in the Northern Ireland...

Patrick Fee and Robert Edwards, past Greenmount students, are planning the Greenmount Association’s 40 year anniversary reunion for the...

Lough Neagh: Lough Shore Park, Antrim TUV MLA Timothy Gaston has warned against “scapegoating” farmers for the worsening blue-green...

Education Minister Paul Givan has praised the early progress of TransformED, the Department of Education’s flagship reform strategy,...

Superintendent Johnston McDowell, Justice Minister Naomi Long, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir and...

(Left) Farm Family Nurses Lorna Barr, Colette Johnston, Christina Faulkner, Katie Johnston (Right) Alison Kennedy, Director of the...

South Antrim MP Robin Swann speaking in The Commons South Antrim MP Robin Swann has pressed Prime Minister Keir Starmer to rethink the...