Calf auction at Listowel Mart for Palliative Care Unit
The parish of Moyvane and Knockanure has been busy over the past number of months fundraising in aid of the Palliative Care Unit at University Hospital Kerry, and now they are set to host a calf auction at Listowel Livestock Mart on March 25th in further aid of the cause.
Mairead Hanlon, one of the organisers, said they are raising as much money as they can so hopefully at the end of the fundraiser they will have raised a total of €100,000 for the Palliative Care Unit in UHK.
“Unfortunately, so many families are touched by cancer,” explained Mairead, “and the work they do inside, the care and dignity they give people is phenomenal.
“They need to build five extra beds and facilities for children and families.
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No justification for beef price cuts - ICMSA
With suppliers encountering sharp increases in costs at the moment, the decision of the factories to impose further cuts to prices to farmers has no basis whatsoever, the Chairman of the ICMSA Livestock Committee, Michael O’Connell, complained.
The cut earlier in the month hurt farmers, but indications that further reductions in the order of ten cents a kilogram or more will create an intolerable situation.
“No farmer can afford to take these cuts which, on a load of bullocks at an average carcass weight for 2025 of 347 kilos, a 20 cent per kilo price cut is the equivalent of €1,000 on 15 cattle. Do we even have to point out that there’s no factory manager or salesperson taking a cut of €1,000 in their pay packet this month?” he asked.
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