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Sheep farmers from all over the region are invited to enter a special ewe with twin lambs competition which will be held at Roscommon Mart on Wednesday April 29, the opening day of this year’s Roscommon Lamb Festival.

Joyces Supermarkets have this week said they are delighted to help promote the brand of Connemara Hill Lamb in all their stores and that they look forward to working with farmers to ensure the furtherance of the brand.

The IFA president Padraig Walsh is very positive that immediate action will be taken at both national and EU level to resolve the severe problems in the sheep sector.

The IFA President Padraig Walshe has said that the future of the €400 million sheep sector in Ireland is dependent on securing a new €30 per ewe Sheep Maintenance Payment as part of the CAP Health Check negotiations.

There are three vital areas that the Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith must deliver on, in the CAP Health Check according to the IFA president Padraig Walshe.

People should think long and hard before giving a gift of a dog for Christmas.

Few farmers in Carlow and Kilkenny, and indeed throughout Ireland, believe a number of Government members and TDs who have been saying that the recent CAP health check has been a good deal for the Irish farming community.

Few farmers in Carlow and Kilkenny, and indeed throughout Ireland, believe a number of Government members and TDs who have been saying that the recent CAP health check has been a good deal for the Irish farming community.

SuperValu has announced the arrival of Irish Free Range Hill Lamb to selected SuperValu stores. The supermarket chain is the first retailer in Ireland to have Irish Free Range Hill Lamb in stores and to offer the new Bord Bia LQAS quality assured logo.

The Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith has been accused of trying to backtrack on his promise to allocate unused funds to the Irish sheep sector.