2009 Archives - Nuffield Ireland https://nuffield.ie/scholar-year/2009/ Farming Scholarship Trust Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:29:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Seamus Holland https://nuffield.ie/scholar/seamus-holland/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:49:55 +0000 https://nuffield.ie/?post_type=scholar&p=2271 A dairy farmer from Durrow, Co Laois, he is actively involved in the ‘Acorn’ discussion group. He has been chairman and held other officer positions in his local branch of IFA. He was also an active member of Macra na Feirme. Seamus raised funds for Self-Help Africa, a charity which implements agricultural and rural development […]

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]]> A dairy farmer from Durrow, Co Laois, he is actively involved in the ‘Acorn’ discussion group. He has been chairman and held other officer positions in his local branch of IFA. He was also an active member of Macra na Feirme. Seamus raised funds for Self-Help Africa, a charity which implements agricultural and rural development projects in conjunction with local community based organisations, government agencies, international NGOs and private sector partners mainly in East Africa.

His study topic was ‘Optimising the Grazing Platform’ and he travelled to Australia and New Zealand to conduct his study.

 

Optimising the Grazing Platform

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]]> Shane Delahunt https://nuffield.ie/scholar/shane-delahunt/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:30:20 +0000 https://nuffield.ie/?post_type=scholar&p=2274 A stud farmer from Co Wicklow, Shane has a series of qualifications in Equine studies from colleges in the UK and the Netherlands. He operates a pedigree beef, sport horse and forestry enterprise. His study aimed to explore how stud books in other countries evaluate their thoroughbreds and their inclusion in their breeding programmes. He […]

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]]> A stud farmer from Co Wicklow, Shane has a series of qualifications in Equine studies from colleges in the UK and the Netherlands. He operates a pedigree beef, sport horse and forestry enterprise.

His study aimed to explore how stud books in other countries evaluate their thoroughbreds and their inclusion in their breeding programmes. He also aims to find how the different breed goals and breed models could be used to improve the breeding of internationally competitive sport horses in Ireland.

 

 

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]]> Brian Reidy https://nuffield.ie/scholar/brian-reidy/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:16:33 +0000 https://nuffield.ie/?post_type=scholar&p=2272 Brian Reidy is a dairy farmer from Co Sligo. Having gained his Green Cert qualifications in agriculture, then completed the Farm Apprenticeship farm management course. Brian leased the family dairy farm, and expanded the herd significantly. He then leased adjacent land to enable further expansion of the dairy enterprise. Brian’s study topic was ‘How to […]

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]]> Brian Reidy is a dairy farmer from Co Sligo. Having gained his Green Cert qualifications in agriculture, then completed the Farm Apprenticeship farm management course. Brian leased the family dairy farm, and expanded the herd significantly. He then leased adjacent land to enable further expansion of the dairy enterprise.

Brian’s study topic was ‘How to encourage young people into dairy farming’. He travelled to Australia (Victoria and NSW), New Zealand and USA (Missouri).
 

How to encourage young people into dairy farming

 

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]]> Derek McCabe https://nuffield.ie/scholar/derek-mccabe/ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:59:14 +0000 https://nuffield.ie/?post_type=scholar&p=2269 Derek is a Civil Engineer from Co Cavan, who was reared on a dairy farm. He purchased land and built up a beef fattening business. He also breeds Irish Draught horses. Subsequently he acquired additional parcels of land and built up a forestry enterprise. He and his wife also run a self-catering enterprise with two […]

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]]> Derek is a Civil Engineer from Co Cavan, who was reared on a dairy farm. He purchased land and built up a beef fattening business. He also breeds Irish Draught horses. Subsequently he acquired additional parcels of land and built up a forestry enterprise. He and his wife also run a self-catering enterprise with two high quality houses. He is MD of Sheelin & McCabe, which provides architectural, engineering and planning services.

He is very active in his local community, and was chair of the Cavan-Monaghan Rural Development Co-op (LEADER). He is active in a number of other local community bodies. He is also a Board member of Extern, a social justice charity supporting children, young people and families.

His study topic was ‘Carbon Sequestration in Forestry’, and he travelled to the UK, France, Italy, and United Arab Emirates in conducting this study.
 

Carbon Sequestration in Forestry

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]]> Tadhg Buckley https://nuffield.ie/scholar/tadhg-buckley/ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:52:28 +0000 https://nuffield.ie/?post_type=scholar&p=2266 Tadhg is a 2007 Scholar and is currently Director of Policy and Chief Economist in the Irish Farmers Association, a role he took up in December 2020. He was previously Head of Agriculture in AIB Bank, and before that he was an Agricultural Adviser in AIB. He is also heavily involved in the family dairy […]

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]]> Tadhg is a 2007 Scholar and is currently Director of Policy and Chief Economist in the Irish Farmers Association, a role he took up in December 2020. He was previously Head of Agriculture in AIB Bank, and before that he was an Agricultural Adviser in AIB. He is also heavily involved in the family dairy farming business in Boherbue in Co Cork.

His study topic was ‘The role of Dairy Futures Markets and other price risk management mechanism in the EU Dairy Industry’. Tadhg travelled to the US, NZ, UK, Holland, Belgium and Germany in pursuit of this topic.

Tadhg is a Board member of Nuffield Ireland.

The role of Dairy Futures Markets and other price risk management mechanism in the EU Dairy Industry

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