Eamon Cassells

@TruthGorge @rtenews Jesus you lot are like a broken record

@rtenews Meath County council need that land for a new IPAS center

The couple at the centre of a 20 year legal battle over a house they built without planning permission, have given undertakings to the High Court, agreeing to fully cooperate with Meath County Council and with gardaí in relation to demolition works on the site rte.ie/news/2026/0323…

The air is filled with the sounds of birdsong and vaccum pumps. Spring is here!☀️

8 this morning there was just the sound of vacuum puns and birdsong. Spring is here

@jeomaher I know he’s young but he’s fat so if he was killed yesterday that was about 7.60 in the factory. Not getting a bit of that from the hoors!

@jeomaher Nothing wrong with that!

Taras bullock going to Central auctions Roscrea tomorrow.600kg+ holiday fund

@JerryMoloney1 @TrevorFarrell12 120 seems a lot no? I would have thought you would be at the pin of your collar on your own with 90?

@Eamon4prez @TrevorFarrell12 Yes think it is once calves are reared and put at grass in summer there ain’t much work in them …lots have auto feeders now so takes lot of work out of rearing them….with better money for beef now it’s a nice buffer to have when milk is poor ..120 cows I think is max for 1man

One of the reasons I had to change things here. You get a half decent price the odd time when you sell a bullock then have to go out and replace it for big money and blow it all away. You calculate return up after you replace your stock not when you sell These are huge cuts

@rtenews Jesus who picked that cover photo? Did they even read their own article?

The European Union body that monitors atmospheric conditions has warned that air quality across several European countries, including Ireland, will deteriorate over the next few days rte.ie/news/europe/20…

@JerryMoloney1 @TrevorFarrell12 Is 100 cows plus finishing 50 realistically a one man band?

@TrevorFarrell12 If you had the land ,we’ll set up yard etc then in a one man show 100/120 milking cows and finishing 50/60 beef ainmals is a pretty nice system

@Shauns_Aviation Some important context. Not taking one side or the other. Well done Shawn you are doing better than a lot of professional journalists

I think it’s important to add context to this situation involving a US bomber transiting Shanwick Airspace; The aircraft was flying west to east through the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area, which is a large portion of international airspace over the Atlantic, not Irish territorial airspace which usually extends 12nm from land. Under arrangements by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), controllers from NATS and communications staff from AirNav Ireland MUST provide air traffic services to aircraft in that airspace to maintain safety and separation. Under ICAO annex 11, ATC cannot simply refuse to communicate with or manage an aircraft transiting the sector, including military aircraft for political or legal reasons - as doing so would be a safety issue for civil traffic sharing the airspace, the state is responsible for the safe movement of aircraft in a neutral manner. If this was over sovereign airspace however, the state has every right to refuse the aircraft transit through airspace unless in emergency situations. This is not a counter argument to the sole point of the article, simply providing context to allow for an understanding of the situation not led by emotion over fact. #aviation #avgeek #Travel #News #USAF #Shannon #Us #Military #Ireland

@CarmelP1968 @CarlowWeather In Florida…. Now do you want to think how unlikely it is that the two are connected?

@CarlowWeather SpaceX launch of starlink satellites in Florida earlier.

A few reports of strange light in sky over Wexford.

@sendittoskelly @CarlowWeather Which goes to show how untrustworthy Grok is as a source.

@CarlowWeather Grok says coincides w space x falcon launch

The #USIranWar is generating enormous coverage on #oil markets. Far less attention is being paid to what may prove equally consequential: a structural disruption to the global #fertilizer supply chain — right as the Northern Hemisphere spring planting season begins. The global fertilizer market was valued at $235 billion in 2024, projected to reach $380 billion by 2035. #China, the #US, and #Russia produce 37% of global output. Russia leads exports with a 20% share, ahead of China (9.4%) and Canada (7.7%). Brazil, India, and the US absorb 33% of global import value. The #MiddleEast — #Qatar, #Saud, #UAE, and Iran — is both the industry’s largest production hub and its most critical transit corridor. #NaturalGas is the primary feedstock for #ammonia accounting for 70–90% of production costs. At baseline gas prices of ~$2/mcf, marginal urea production costs sit around $325/ton. At $6–10/mcf — now plausible given Persian #Gulf disruption — they climb to $400–500/ton: a 25–55% cost increase before factoring in shipping disruptions. Iran alone ranks fourth globally in urea exports, and its Kharg Island terminal handles natural gas and sulphur exports alongside 90% of Iran’s oil. The world’s largest single-site urea plant has shut down. Three Indian urea plants have cut output. Pakistan’s Sui Northern Gas Pipelines has told fertilizer customers it can no longer supply regasified LNG. China, Morocco, and Indonesia — the top three sulphur buyers — each source over 50% of supply from the region. The price response has been swift: urea +27%, ammonia +16%, phosphate +6%, sulphur +7%. At the New Orleans import hub, urea jumped from $516 to $683/ton in days. Not all food is equally exposed. Fertilizer represents 36% of operating costs for corn farmers and 35% for wheat farmers. These crops, together with rice, consume over 50% of global nitrogen fertilizer — making bread, pasta, flour, tortillas, and animal feed the most directly exposed categories. Soybeans, with their natural nitrogen-fixing capability, are comparatively resilient, and farmers historically shift acreage toward them during nitrogen price spikes. This shock lands on an already stressed system. China had restricted fertilizer exports to protect domestic supply. European producers had cut output after losing cheap Russian gas. US farm bankruptcies were 46% higher in 2025 than 2024, and phosphate prices were already near record highs, partly driven by a threefold increase in sulphur costs during 2025. #Energy markets absorb shocks through reserves and substitution. The global #food system has far thinner buffers. A prolonged #Hormuz disruption would not simply reprice crude — it would stress the industrial nitrogen cycle on which modern civilisation depends.

@wiseonesuk @GoddessofGrain Don’t be so sure……

@GoddessofGrain You can bet those European tariffs on Russian Urea will start dropping

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@hempo82 @CarlowWeather Supposing when you are so close to the sea

Snowy Moville this morning #sneachta @CarlowWeather

@buperac They are saying plenty about it, it just aren’t being picked up by news outlets because they have biggest things to cover

They still talk about the Exxon-Valdez oil spill from 1989 yet there has been 20x this in the Strait of Hormuz and not a single environmental group has said anything.

@2pintpaddy Geography might be in your favour though paddy if you were to chance without this year

@Eamon4prez Ya my breeding season starts on 15th April, so they should of got there 1st alot this week , and i haven't even ordered it of got permission from the department to use it. Very slow to start vaccinating during the breeding season. So many bloody vaccines to keep up with now 🤦

Have any farmers looked into the bluetongue vaccine yet , whats the opinions out there on it ???

@dillontom That’s the problem with AI. Shit in, shit out

Trying to get a fert program from AI is interesting... to say the least. The dog would be more accurate. It's all nonsense. If I followed it and when the crop failed, who do I sue?

@nature9871 @DavidSneyd In a one-off playoff game for the world cup you don’t worry about pipelines. You worry about that in September

@DavidSneyd So no pathway for the younger players coming through you couldn’t write it

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