Ben Lowry

Farmer 'devastated' after 'large number' of pigs killed in unit fire

Kilkeel pig farmer Trevor Shields says the UK industry is in desperation due to a shortage of workers to process pigs.

Christmas ham and pork stocks won’t be normal despite migrant u-turn: farmer

Beth Wilkinson prepares her animals for the Balmoral Show which starts on Wednesday. Picture Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia

Livestreamed livestock as Balmoral Show returns

DUP Agriculture Spokesman William Irwin says the Irish government approach to Brexit talks is hurting its own farmers.

‘Brexit chaos for southern farmers due to Dublin’s negotiation stance’

House prices in NI soared in 2006 and 2007 before plunging. Ben Lowry says: "As prices fell, I wrote a lot about it and was accused of being negative. I feel that, on the contrary, politicians and civic leaders had failed to speak out about the boom"

Ben Lowry: Last NI housing boom was disaster and we need to beware a repeat