The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is appealing for information following a “worrying” third report of stolen sheep in Co. Antrim in recent weeks.

Police have issued an appeal after a "substantial number of sheep" were stolen from farmland in Co Derry.

The PSNI are investigating a report of suspected poaching after a deer carcass was found in Co Tyrone over Halloween weekend.

Two artificial insemination tanks have been stolen during a burglary in Clogher, County Tyrone.

A Farmwatch and rural crime prevention and awareness event will be held in Gleno.

A Northern Irish farmer has been ordered to pay out over £1,500 after failing to present all animals for bovine TB testing.

The three appeared in court on Thursday 5th October

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has issued an appeal for information following a double theft on a farm in Newtownbutler in Co. Fermanagh.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said its officers are investigating the theft of seven cattle from Ballyward in Co. Down.

An increasingly rare breeding bird has returned to a designated peatland site in Co. Down for the first time in many years.

Two breeding pairs of lapwing were discovered this summer at Lecale Fens Special Area of Conservation (SAC), outside Downpatrick.

It follows ongoing efforts by Ulster Wildlife to help restore nature in the area.

A tractor, which was stolen from a farmyard in Collone last Friday evening, has been recovered by police.

The cost of rural crime in North Ireland has risen to £2.5 million in the last year

Wall and gates rammed as tractor is stolen from locked yard in Collone

Police are seeking help from the public to assist with their investigation into criminal damage caused to a sculpture at the Newtownabbey Way.

A MAN accused of involvement in a spree of rural burglaries that netted a crime gang more than £70,000 of tools and vehicles has appeared in court.