December 2021

Beef Focus Revisit: Green Party duo’s beef and mutton farm

On: December 27, 2021

Green Party politician Pippa Hackett and her husband Mark are part-time dairy / beef and sheep ranchers based in County Offaly. They cultivate nearly 200 acres in North Offaly and both work off the farm. Pippa is Minister of State for Regional Planning and Biodiversity and Mark is also involvedRead More →

Plans for a sheep farm on virgin land in Gozo are drawing objections from locals

By: Trevor I. Reed

On: December 4, 2021

In: Sheep farm

Residents of an area known as Tat-Torri in Għajnsielem have filed a petition against a proposed sheep farm on virgin farmland. The application was presented to the Planning Review Tribunal during the hearing of an appeal by the applicant, John Vella, against the Planning Authority’s decision to dismiss his application.Read More →