Stella Meehan

Editor

Stella Meehan has a Masters in Journalism from NUI (National University of Ireland) Galway and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Sociology and Politics. She comes from a farming and business background in Co. Galway. Previously, she worked in the broadcasting, print and political sectors. Stella is chair of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists of Ireland.

Agri-Business

85% of food businesses cite input costs as threat to growth

85% of Irish food businesses have reported input costs and inflation as the biggest threat to the growth of their...

May 21, 2024

Tillage

Minister must ‘put money on the table’ for tillage – ICSA

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue...

May 17, 2024

Agri-Business

ABP completes €24.5m investment in Scottish facility

ABP Food Group (ABP) has today (Friday, May 17) announced the completion of a £24.5 million investment in its beef...

May 17, 2024

Dairy

Lakeland Dairies offers €2,000 young farmer study tour prize

Cross-border dairy-processing cooperative Lakeland Dairies has announced the creation of a young farmer competition which will be part of the...

May 15, 2024

Agri Politics

Von der Leyen rival visits Dublin on Green Party agenda

Lead candidate of the European Green Party, MEP Bas Eickhout, who is running as an alternative to current president of...

May 15, 2024

Beef News

Dawn Meats nets multi-million euro contract for beef to South Korea

Dawn Meats has already secured a multi-million euro contract for monthly shipments of beef to South Korea after it was...

May 15, 2024

Agri Politics

ICOS urges strong support for co-ops in election manifesto

The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has launched its manifesto for candidates in the European Parliament Election in June, focusing...

May 15, 2024

Rural Life

New animal facility at ATU Mountbellew to support sheep enterprise

A new animal facility which is being developed at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Mountbellew (Mountbellew Agricultural College) will support the...

May 14, 2024

Tillage

Call for tillage group report actions to be implemented ‘swiftly’

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called for the recommendations of the Food Vision Tillage Group report to be implemented...

May 14, 2024

Machinery News

Kelly’s of Borris MD elected as vice-president of FTMTA

Maurice Kelly from Borris has been elected as the new vice-president of the Farm Tractor And Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA),...

May 14, 2024

Agri Politics

ICMSA warns election candidates not to expect voter loyalty

President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), Denis Drennan, has today (Tuesday, May 14) launched the ‘ICMSA Guide...

May 14, 2024

Agri-Business

Global land prices on rise for more than 2 decades

Soaring land prices, land grabs, and carbon schemes are creating an unprecedented ‘land squeeze’, threatening farmers and food production, according...

May 13, 2024