Rural Life
Christmas tree farmer unable to access land due to flooding damage
During his busiest time of the year, Christmas tree farmer John White is one of four farmers in Dundalk, Co....
Rural Life
During his busiest time of the year, Christmas tree farmer John White is one of four farmers in Dundalk, Co....
Rural Life
The minister of state with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) has said that he aims to bring...
Rural Life
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president has said that an extension to the deadline for the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme...
Environment
After immense flooding this year, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has said that farmers should...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Connacht regional chair has said that the deadline for a scheme to support farmers impacted...
Agri-Business
An independent TD has said that delays to legislation to establish a single management authority for the River Shannon is...
Environment
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Agriculture, Claire Kerrane has raised concerns that the payments for fodder lost due to flooding in...
Agri-Business
Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture, Claire Kerrane is calling on the government to allow her party’s legislation to establish a...
Environment
There was no fodder saved this year on the Shannon Callows because of “the longest summer flood ever”, a local...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has welcomed support for farmers in the Shannon Callows but added that “deeper flooding issues”...
Environment
This year is “virtually certain to be the warmest year on record”, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. Its...
N.Ireland
Between 55% and 60% of Northern Ireland’s 2023 potato crop is still in the ground, for the most part, rotting...
Agri-Business
The 2023 potato harvest has been branded as the “worst in recent memory” by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National...
Environment
A new survey has found that nine in 10 (90%) homeowners in Ireland are markedly concerned by the escalating threat...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) was called to the scene of a field flooding in Co. Down to...
Tillage
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) has confirmed that it is “confident” that a mechanism for financial support will be...
Agri Politics
The EU Nature Restoration Law will increase the risk of flooding and the impact of such events, the Irish Natura...
Rural Life
A weather advisory has been issued by Met Éireann for the coming days ahead of Storm Ciarán, as the unsettled...