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Recovery Haven, winners of the Overall Award at the Dairymaster Rural Innovation Awards, with Dairymaster CEO Dr Edmond Harty

Recovery Haven Wins Dairymaster Rural Innovation Awards

The first ever Dairymaster Rural Innovation Awards Ceremony was held Tuesday night 26th May at Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee with over 240 attendees. The competition was open to innovators from every county in Ireland and finalists from the four provinces were in attendance. Prizes were awarded in three categories, plus the overall Dairymaster Rural Innovation Award. […]

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Technology Drives Efficiency in Dairy Expansion – An Interview with Dr Edmond Harty [Audio]

On April 1, the EU lifted the quota system for dairy production which had been in place for over 30 years. Now European dairy farmers are permitted to produce as much milk as they can sell. Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney called it “the biggest policy change for rural Ireland that we’ve seen in a lifetime“. So what […]

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BBC Reports on Dairymaster and the Happy Cows

Many of the farmers I know are born engineers: witness the enthusiasm for machinery, both vintage and cutting-edge, at summer agriculture shows around the country. But as this BBC report suggests, the most successful agricultural entrepreneurs are sympathetic to nature as well as technology. Based in Causeway, Co Kerry, and run by former Entrepreneur of the Year Dr Edmond Harty, […]

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Patrick Joy is Entrepreneur of the Year

The 2013 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards were annnounced last night at an event in Citywest, Dublin, which was broadcast live.  The overall award went to Patrick Joy of Suretank, a world-leading manufacturer of CCUs (Cargo Carrying Units) for the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry.  Seán is pictured here with last year’s winner, Edmond Harty […]

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