Sligo Regional Veterinary Laboratory Vital to the Region: McLoughlin
FINE Gael T.D. for the Sligo – Leitrim Constituency Tony McLoughlin has said that “the Regional Veterinary Laboratory located at Doonalley, Co. Sligo is a vital piece of state infrastructure which plays a key role when serving the farming community from the entire northwest region and as such needs to be supported by Government and maintained in to the future.
McLoughlin was speaking after visiting the laboratory this week in order to see at first hand the vital work which is conducted at the site by its 15 staff and how the lab plays a key role with assisting farmers with identifying problems within their stock and also with the prevention and spread of animal diseases.
“The agricultural sector is the biggest industry in this country and farmers travel from as many as ten counties to Doonalley Co. Sligo in order to avail of the lab service. However, the current facilities available to the staff at Doonalley need to be improved in my opinion in order to cater for the increased demand.
THE RVL’s are currently undergoing a Departmental review and cost benefit analysis currently and following this a public consultation on its future structure will take place.
“I am going back to the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, again this week to advocate on the need for this service to be maintained in Sligo, in the North West and also for Government investment to be conducted at the facility” concluded McLoughlin.
Most land lettings and leases have now finished for the season, with Mr. McCarrick reporting big demand for land rental. Depending on the quality of land, rental values varied in the main between €100 and €150 per acre per annum.
Trade is now in full swing in relation for the sale and lease of farm entitlements, and McCarrick and Sons are involved in this trade. Some farmers have land without entitlements and they require to lease in or purchase entitlements to maximise their profit margins on their land. Other farmers have too many entitlement for the land they are presently farming and they need to lease out or sell entitlements to avoid losing them to the National Reserve. Roger McCarrick is agent for both and matches up the requirements of both seller and buyer. All this business must be
As part of the REA McCarrick & Sons Property Exhibition in New Your last month, Mr. McCarrick reports a lot of enquiries for small rural properties with a few acres of land. If you have small holdings/ farms in rural areas and are thinking of selling, feel free to contact Roger McCarrick to discuss possible marketing options.