Teagasc conference celebrates 50 years

A major conference to discuss the future for farming in Ireland is taking place at Dublin Castle.

It is being held to mark the 50th anniversary of the setting up of the Agricultural Research Institute, which now forms part of Teagasc.

For the past half century, the State has been funding a network of farm and food research centres around the country.

Originally, this research was carried out by the Agricultural Institute, founded in 1958.