The payment for the photography gig, as you might expect from RTÉ, was astronomical

You're nobody at a Taylor Swift concert unless you're wearing a diaper

Some day I will probably be rewarded for my efforts in farming with a sainthood or perhaps the Nobel Prize for Farming

Our intrepid Farm Exam columnist, Denis Lehane, risked life and limb this week by flying no-frills

Of course, the money was big. But on the plus side, the advantage with the Angus is he can be wintered outside with ease

The government is weighing up buying the 1,400-acre lands at Conor Pass - Farm Exam columnist Denis Lehane reckons he's just the man for the job to manage it all.

You can take a horse to the river, but you can't make him drink, laments Farming columnist Denis Lehane.

I haven't been to Puck Fair with many years. Marriage can play havoc with a man's efforts to attend horse fairs and glorious events of that calibre. The last time I was at Puck I could hardly remember it at all, such was the fun I had.

Like many more Irish before him, I predict Ryan Tubridy will soon be heading for the UK to find work. And more luck to him if he does. I was there myself back in the late 80s.

To win his upcoming fight against Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk will need to have the mindset of a farmer with a small Single Farm Payment, writes Farming columnist Denis Lehane.

Farming columnist Denis Lehane says things turned sour for RTÉ once they took Ireland's favourite rural soap opera off the air

The MMA global star said he is in the market for some Belgian Blues

West Cork Film Studios will be a right disaster for the under-pressure livestock and sheep farmer, writes farming favourite Denis Lehane.

Having exhausted every other avenue, Rod Stewart is rural Ireland's last hope, writes Farming columnist Denis Lehane.

Forget about climbing Everest, or trying to locate a goat for Puck Fair. If you want a real thrill, take a bullock to an agricultural show. I plan to do so this summer, and if you had only half a brain, you'd do the same.

Can AI replace Munster's favourite Farming columnist? Denis Lehane finds out for this week's Lighten Up.

You are probably wondering how a technical marvel of an old computer like me will manage to write a Lighten Up column and to tell you the truth, I wonder too

On our farms, with silage at full swing, only the very bashful remain fully clothed, writes Farming columnist Denis Lehane in this week's Lighten Up.

People often question the truthfulness, or otherwise, of the tales I regurgitate here on this page. “You’re a bit like Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” a fellow shouted to me at a cattle mart only the other day. “What do you mean?” I snorted back.

The bucket list is a powerful thing. It's like a bucket of milk replacer, only stronger. It can make dreams come true, writes Munster's favourite Farming columnist Denis Lehane.

With his rugged, yet charming way, Denis reckons he can convince a banker or two to help him snag the €10m farm at Dowth.

A king like Charles cannot command without his crown, and a farmer like me cannot rule his own Kingdom without the Green Cert, writes Farming columnist Denis Lehane.

Always one to have his ear to the ground, Farming columnist Denis Lehane tries his hand at grass whispering in this week's Lighten Up.

The brain surgeons of Ireland have less pressure than the farmer selling stock, writes Farming columnist Denis Lehane.

If there are alien-inhabited planets, of course, that means there are alien farmers too, writes Denis Lehane in this week's Lighten Up.

Irish Examiner Farming columnist Denis Lehane has become the latest Irish celebrity to rule himself out of the Late Late Show job.

Agri watchers might have noticed something out of place on Inisherin Island.

Like a second cut of silage, a second wedding can never be as good as the first, writes Farming columnist Denis Lehane.

Matching can be a tricky task, drunk or sober, RTÉ doesn't know the scale of the challenge it is taking on in dabbling in rural matchmaking, writes Irish Examiner Farming columnist Denis Lehane.

Wasn't Lady Chatterley's lover a cap-wearing gamekeeper? Didn't Heathcliff own a bit of land? writes our agri casanova Denis Lehane.

Valentine's Day is only one day, (admittedly a very busy one) in the life of a busy farmer. We can't lose the run of ourselves, writes Farming columnist Denis Lehane.