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Media Contacts

Through its research, advisory and education activities over the years, Teagasc has established itself as the main knowledge source in Ireland in the areas of agriculture, bioscience, food, horticulture, education and agri-economics, to name but a few.

Through its staff resources, Teagasc has a wealth of knowledge and expertise available to communicate and transfer this knowledge to wider audiences.

The media is an important communication channel to achieve this and below provides a list of some of the areas of expertise available and the relevant contact person.

Eric Donald
Head of PR
Phone: +353 59 9183408
Mobile: +353 86 8381112
Email: eric.donald@teagasc.ie


Animal & Grassland

Animal & Bioscience
Dr Donagh Berry - Quantitative genetics
Dr Richard Dewhurst - Ruminant Nutrition / Animal Science
Cattle
Dr Edward O'Riordan - Beef Systems & Grassland
Dairy
Dr Patrick Dillon
Tom O'Dwyer - Dairy
Grassland
Dr Emer Kennedy - Grazing management & calf & heifer rearing
Dr Michael O'Donovan
Pigs
Ciaran Carroll - Knowledge Transfer
Sheep
Michael Gottstein
Tim Keady
 

Crops, Environment & Land Use

Bioenergy
Barry Caslin
Dr John Finnan
Cereals
Dr Ewen Mullins - GM Crops & Food
Jim O'Mahony
John Spink
Environment
Pat Murphy
Forestry
Steven Meyen - Forestry
Dr Nuala Ni Fhlatharta - Forestry
Horticulture
Stephen Alexander - Vegetable Crops
Jim O'Mahony
Potatoes
Denis Griffin - Potatoes, Breeding, Blight, Varieties
Michael Hennessy
 

Education & Training

Tony Pettit - Head of Education Programme, Curriculum and Standards
Colleges
John Kelly - Clonakilty
Felix McCabe - Ballyhaise
John Mulhern - Amenity Horticulture
Frank Murphy - Kildalton
 

Food

Dr Paul Ross
Food Bioscience
Dr Tom Beresford - Microbiology, cheese, bioactives, milk quality
Food Industry Development
Pat Daly
Food Safety
Dr Geraldine Duffy
Food Technology and Quality
Dr Mark Fenelon
 

Health & Safety

John McNamara - Safety, Health & Welfare in Agriculture
 

Rural Economy & Development

Economics
Dr Cathal O'Donoghue - Economics, Statistical Analysis & Rural Development
Equine
Declan McArdle
Farm Management
Kevin Connolly - Teagasc eProfit Monitor Co-ordinator / Taxation
Organics
Dan Clavin - Organic farming