Declan lally

Husband to Grainne. Father to Emma and Jack. New dairy entrant Feb 22.

[Declan lally @lally_declan]

Looking to source 200 high EBI (€180+) weanling dairy heifers for breeding next May. Must be on target with their weight for age. Not interested in April born stock. RT are appreciated.

[Declan lally @lally_declan]

@MolloyJoe @Rugby_Scoop It's not uncommon from this lot. They talk about driving the global game but secretly resent it when that means there team lose. This is all about driving clips online and settling perceived slights from previous losses. Best ignore them.

[Iarnród Éireann @IrishRail]

🚨Service Update🚨

I can confirm that bookings for All-Ireland Hurling Final Day are restricted until the finalists have been confirmed.

There will be availability for Cork services soon.

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[Prof Aoife M. Foley @AoifeMFoley]

I disagree Brigid and Cliff. I think you forget the context of @Bordbia I first encountered this issue back in 2010. I bought eggs in Ireland covered in Irish flags and carrying “Bord Bia approved” branding with the national flag. Like most consumers, I assumed they were produced in the Republic of Ireland. When I checked more closely, they weren’t. Bord Bia explained that “approved” referred to standards, not origin. That answer may have been legally correct, but it exposed a serious gap between what labels mean and what consumers reasonably understand.

Fifteen years later, that confusion still exists. Food produced outside the State can meet Irish standards and still carry Irish cues, while the country of origin is technically correct but visually secondary. This undermines consumer trust and disadvantages Irish producers who meet the same standards and produce locally. This is not about banning imports, it’s about clarity and honesty.

Bord Bia should introduce a standard, prominent label for imported food stating: “Meets Irish Food Standards – Produced in [Country]”. The term “Bord Bia Approved” should be reserved solely for food produced in the Republic of Ireland. Imported food can meet standards, but words like “approved” carry an implied origin that the public clearly understands in a different way.

It’s also worth remembering why Bord Bia was set up in the first place. Established in the mid-1990s, in the aftermath of food scares and the Beef Tribunal era, and Larry Goodman’s massive import business, Bord Bia was designed to rebuild trust, professionalise Irish food marketing, and create clear separation between commercial power and public credibility. Systems, transparency, and independence were the whole point.

That history is exactly why governance and optics matter today. Where senior figures in a State marketing body have commercial interests in importing food that benefits from Bord Bia branding, public confidence is undermined even if everything is technically compliant. Trust depends not just on rules being followed, but on independence being seen to exist. @IFAmedia and our farmers are 100% correct.

This isn’t protectionism. It’s about respecting consumers, protecting Irish producers, and aligning Bord Bia’s practices with the purpose for which it was created.

[Declan lally @lally_declan]

@Pat_O_Keeffe @RTECountryWide @farmersjournal Cheryl just spoke on the radio about Farmers being advised to Take out hedges? Can she point me to the teagasc publication that advised this?

[Declan lally @lally_declan]

@jim_demps Sings the national anthem far to quick. Song deserves to be sung slower and let the crowd row in behind. Shouldn't find it as annoying as I did but it was annoying.

[The Rugby Pod @TheRugbyPod]

Three potholes you would avoid at all costs in the pub....

[essie @essielo]

@IrishRugby Did ye post the same after sexton verbally abused ref on the pitch!🤔

[Declan lally @lally_declan]

@RuaidhriOC Absolute rubbish.... He did a fine job. Ireland can't stop losing line outs and dropping balls/Turnovers.

[Declan lally @lally_declan]

@elliottnz @liamnapiernz To say the Irish rugby supporters were overly confident going into the Rwc game was a version of reality that would make Donald Trump blush... But hey don't let the facts get in the way of yere Bullsh#t version of reality....

[Diane Masterson @dianejmasterson]

I have spent years advocating for #IrishFood & farmers,please help with my appeal to access urgent kidney failure treatment 🥛🥔🍏 🥩🧈🍅

@Bordbia @NDC_ie @DairyIndustryIE @DairyWomenIre @SheridansCheese @BlasNahEireann @KerrygoldIRL @IrishFoodGuide @IEFarming @CarberyGroup

[Declan lally @lally_declan]

@LornaESixsmith Aesthetic laser specialist, (My wife) one of her specialties is tattoo removal along with skin rejuvenation.

[Andrew Meredith @Merry_Meredith]

Watch this to the end with farmer and meeting organiser Gary Howells: "The reason I'm here in front of you everybody - I'll show you"

[Declan lally @lally_declan]

@mik

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[Suzanne Campbell @campbellsuz]

The elephant in the room here is food prices. If farmers were paid properly for their food by processors and supermarkets (both making enormous profits as farm incomes fall), environmental legislation and change is easy. On a falling income it’s difficult and for some, impossible

[Declan lally @lally_declan]

@JoeMetcalfe2 @HerdPlus Have most of mine back. If you download the App you can see.

[The Irish Politics Newsletter @IrishPoliticsNL]

Probably the most devastating take down of Sinn Fein tonight came from Deputy @podonovan

The 22 children in the this state that grew up fatherless because of the dead gardai, put in to early graves by yer sister organisation.

[Darragh Scott @DarraghScott]

Excellent piece penned by @IFAmedia dairy policy exec @AinePOConnell telling it as it is. "Conveniently, this caters for a reduction in cow numbers without the need for the government to provide compensation"
@McConalogue @fiannafailparty @FineGael

[Connacht Rugby @connachtrugby]

RT if Bundee is your World Player of the Year.

[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

Australian research, which found dairy linked to sharp drop in fracture risk, could be applied in Ireland, geriatrician says https://t.co/FAVx9oLm55

[Declan lally @lally_declan]

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[Declan lally @lally_declan]

12 in calf heifers for sale. Sales catalogue and coop report can be sent on request.