Uncertainty remains about potential new farrowing system regulations requiring the industry to switch from conventional to flexible farrowing systems.

However, the UK pig industry is taking a proactive ... five to 10 years to make the transition from conventional crates to flexible farrowing systems. Of those who would exit, half believed ...

Good handling when loading pigs should harness instincts and keep stress down for both livestock and the farmer shipping them ...

The National Animal Rights Association (NARA) will publish shocking video footage captured at four Irish pig farms today following its undercover probe ...

Animal rights groups have handed in files to DAFM which they claim contain evidence of "systematic failures" in the pig ...

Pigs are confined to gestation and farrowing crates so small they can’t even turn around. They’re repeatedly impregnated until their bodies give out, and then they’re sent to slaughter.

A reader 'nodded along vehemently' to a recent 'Irish Examiner' article about Eir, Sky, Three, and Vodafone raising prices ...

Residents in Castletown have lodged an appeal against a proposed pig farm in the area, with odours and emissions, water ...