Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

This New Year marks the opening of election season – not only at the IFA, but also for the general election expected early this spring.Renua was the first party to present their manifesto to voters this week and they had a number of proposals for farmers. Irish Farmers Journal news journalist Odile Evans met two of Renua’s candidates.News correspondent Pat O'Toole discusses the expectations of rural voters with news editor Patrick Donohoe.One of your New Year’s resolution may well be to draw up a health plan for your herd. Let’s listen in as Cork-based Irish Farmers Journal contributor Tommy Moyles goes through the exercise wit his vet. In this week’s Irish Farmers Journal, we also go through the HSA’s annual report on fatal accidents at work. While the numbers showed an improvement in 2015, 18 people still lost their lives on Irish farms.At the end of last year, the Irish Farmers Journal and ESB Networks launched the Safe Family Farms campaign to help change the mentality that allows so many tragedies to tak