Former military satellites are being used to track sheep in the west of Ireland as part of a research project aimed at sustaining grazing and controlling soil erosion on the country's scenic ...

Sean Fitzgerald, a pioneer in sheep cheese production in Ireland, has become a recent digital convert in order to keep up ...

DUBLIN (AP) - Do you own a shaggy sheep? Ireland needs ewes. The Irish require at least 6,000 sheep as hosts of this year's Golden Shears World Championships. But they're more than 1,000 short with ...

Up to 15 dead sheep have been dumped in a Co Tyrone river popular with local anglers. The dead animals are believed to have ...

Sheep in Ireland usually wind up as hardy, handsome sweaters — or, if they're truly unlucky, as tasty lamb chops. But for those few special Irish sheep willing to undergo advanced training, and who ...

Imagine being able to view the Cliffs of Moher or the Dingle Peninsula from the eyes of farm animals who can climb onto ledges you may never reach. Well, with scenery that we reluctantly say could ...

“Bring Them Down” refers to a command to move sheep off a mountain, but in this grim, sometimes grotesque saga of rage and retribution, the phrase also carries a bloodier meaning: In rural Ireland, ...

With it becoming increasingly difficult for Irish sheep farmers to make a profit, Sheep Ireland, part of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, has launched a new genetic index to improve quality and ...