Hannah Quinn-Mulligan
Radio Reporter at RTÉ
Journalist, organic beef & dairy farmer, judge @farmfornature & founder @womensagrigroup. #Herefords/RedHippos
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Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Irish farmers can’t fight Mercosur deal unless we stop our soy bean hypocrisy
1 week ago |
independent.ie | Hannah Quinn-Mulligan
It’s double standards to oppose the beef deal on ethical grounds yet import 740,000t of the bloc’s grain – ignoring concerns about chemicals and deforestationThe other day my phone pinged with a video message from an Irish farming group outlining the evils of the Mercosur trade deal. I’m sure that most of the farmers who received it agreed with the sentiment.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Hannah Quinn-Mulligan
Government support was so inefficient, I decided to make the painful decision to take the financial hit myselfI’ve harboured a dream of being self-sufficient in electricity on the farm for a long time and this year, it looks like we’ll achieve that for at least six months thanks to the installation of 20 additional solar panels on the slatted shed and a 70kWh second-hand electric car battery. But it’s been an uphill battle on a few fronts. The first is the relatively small size of the farm.
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Farmers will be hit hard by corporate takeover of vets unless action is taken
3 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Hannah Quinn-Mulligan
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Farmers will be hit hard by corporate takeover of vets unless action is takenThere is also a fear among the farm community that large-animal vets will soon be on the extinction list‘There has been a suspicion that corporate vet enterprises would push sales over services, and that suspicion seems to have been confirmed in a new BBC radio documentary’.
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1 month ago |
independent.ie | Hannah Quinn-Mulligan
I’d been looking at milking machines for the last eight months – my DoneDeal history had more saved ads than it could handle. There is no blueprint for setting up a micro dairy, so when you’re trying to convert a 100-year old byre into something a little more 21st or even 20th century, there will inevitably be teething issues.
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1 month ago |
independent.ie | Hannah Quinn-Mulligan
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: I’ve lost money by selling direct during the beef boom – but here’s why I have no regrets‘Despite all my efforts, I might have squeezed a few hundred euro more if I’d simply sold the heifer to a factory while the money was good’I must be the only beef farmer in the country cursing the recent stratospheric rise in beef prices.
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RT @Care2much18: That first photo is Hannah Quinn-Mulligan, journalist and farmer. In 2020 Hannah did great work in highlighting tax and p…
People may have seen that my image has been taken without permission to promote a racist view of Ireland. The relevant authorities have been contacted to take this image down. Needless to say, it is not a view of Ireland I share. We’re a little country with a big heart.