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Irish team for 'Meat Olympics'
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The World Butchers’ Challenge (WBC) is touted as ‘The Greatest Butchery Event on Earth’ and a six-person team will be flying the flag in Paris for the Emerald Isle.
Irish team for 'Meat Olympics'
Footballs flying over spilled milk
8 January 2025 Dealer
Footballs flying over spilled milk
I always knew milk was a versatile product, but I was taken aback to hear about a new use for it devised by some clued-in ground staff at Portuguese team Oliveirense at the weekend.
Dairy dispersal is a stark warning
8 January 2025 Dealer
Dairy dispersal is a stark warning
When someone leaves a profession they love and are good at, with no health or financial issues, there are questions to be answered.
Goulding's fertiliser relocation stalled
Goulding's planned to import bulk fertiliser to the site at Belvelly Port, Marino Point, using around 50 ships per year.
8 January 2025 Dealer
Heslin hangs up his boots
Westmeath footballer John Heslin has retired owing to off-field commitments, including farming.
8 January 2025 Dealer
Election season in Dairygold
Following a number of elections over the last month, the filling of the vacant vice chairman role before the weekend will see the end of votes being cast in the Dairygold boardroom for the time being.
8 January 2025 Dealer
New year, new minister, same challenges
Retaining the nitrates derogation will be the first real test of the new minister.
1 January 2025 Dealer
Keeping the captain as the ship changes course
Changing times at Arrabawn and Tipperary need a steady hand on the tiller.
1 January 2025 Dealer
Selling snow to the Eskimos
The Dealer heard an interesting story about Irish milk in New Zealand.
1 January 2025 Dealer
Oats still not in the parlour
The Dealer was interested recently in a court case involving the word “milk” to describe oat drinks.
1 January 2025 Dealer
Monkey business in latest state land purchase
The state is after adding to its land portfolio after sale agreed has been placed on a marsh adjacent to an SAC in west Cork. Some species spotted there are rarer than others.
1 January 2025 Dealer
Yankee milk hits a raw nerve
The raw milk movement has the enviable, or unenviable, distinction of being supported by those on the left and right.
1 January 2025 Dealer