Ronan Sands

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Ronan Sands is currently completing a bachelor’s degree in journalism at Dublin City University (DCU). He comes from a rural area in mid-Louth and grew up around a hobby farm. Ronan has gained experience writing articles for his college newspaper and has acted as Public Relations officer (PRO) for DCU Soccer Society while captaining their Collingwood Cup squad.

Lakeland Dairies site for sale in NI with asking price of €11.2m

Agri-Business

Lakeland Dairies site for sale in NI with asking price of €11.2m

Lakeland Dairies’ site in Banbridge in Co. Down has been listed for sale with an asking price in the region...
Conservationists call for action to ‘halt peatland degradation’

Agri-Business

Conservationists call for action to ‘halt peatland degradation’

The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) is urging people “to take one action to halt peatland degradation” in Ireland to...
CSO: Ireland has imported 20,000t of peat in the past year

Agri Politics

CSO: Ireland has imported 20,000t of peat in the past year

Ireland has imported 172,000t of peat since 2016, including nearly 20,000t in the past year alone, recent figures from the...
3-year peatland project boosts ‘community confidence’

Environment

3-year peatland project boosts ‘community confidence’

Today, (Friday, May 24), the Connecting Communities with Peatlands project marks the end of its three-year journey, with a conference...
Biodiversity project increases rare butterfly numbers at wind farm

Environment

Biodiversity project increases rare butterfly numbers at wind farm

Just under 1,000 webs of the protected Marsh Fritillary butterfly have been counted at a wind farm site in Northern...
Environmental schemes for farmers ‘should be voluntary’ – Cowen

Agri Politics

Environmental schemes for farmers ‘should be voluntary’ – Cowen

Environmental schemes for farmers “should be voluntary”, according to Fianna Fáil TD and candidate for the European Elections, Barry Cowen....
Irish beef suppliers not impacted by Cannes ban – Bord Bia

Beef

Irish beef suppliers not impacted by Cannes ban – Bord Bia

The Irish Food Board, Bord Bia has said today, Monday, May 20 that Irish suppliers have not been impacted by...
Farmer donates 10 bales to charity for auction

Rural Life

Farmer donates 10 bales to charity for auction

A Ballina farmer has donated silage bales to the North West Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NWSPCA)...
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