Environment
EPA: 5 food and drink sites prioritised for enforcement in 2023
Five out of 11 sites identified by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) as National Priority Sites for enforcement last year...
Environment
Five out of 11 sites identified by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) as National Priority Sites for enforcement last year...
Horticulture
The government’s “inaction” to resolve peat supply issues for the horticulture sector, especially for the mushroom sector, has been described...
Environment
The level to which an area of reclaimed peat used for agriculture can be returned to its “undisturbed state” and...
Horticulture
Labour shortages are a “major issue” in the horticulture sector, the chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food...
Agri-Business
Almost 393,000t of Irish peat were exported last year, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie...
Agri-Business
A new fund worth €169 million which could help communities most impacted by the ending of commercial peat production “reimagine...
Horticulture
Despite only covering 3% of the world’s land area, peatlands store about 30% of the all terrestrial carbon, a function...
Rural Life
Ireland has exported almost 19,000t of peat and peat-mixed products to Japan since 2011, figures provided by the Department of...
Rural Life
The 2023 Love Your Wellies competition is underway, providing primary and secondary school students with the chance to win €1,000...
Horticulture
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has said that the current challenges confronting the horticulture sector...
Horticulture
Two reports, which detail the ongoing issues around horticultural peat and potential solutions to them, were published yesterday (Tuesday, November...
Horticulture
Minister of State with responsibility for Horticulture Pippa Hackett faced intense criticism today (Wednesday, November 9), during a meeting of...
Agri-Business
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Senator Pippa Hackett, will today (Wednesday, November...
Environment
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has said that a warning issued by the EU Commission to Ireland...
Environment
The European Commission is today (Thursday, September 29) calling on Ireland to take action to halt the continued cutting of peat...
Horticulture
Seanad leader Regina Doherty has stated that it is now time for action on the peat crisis, following a recent...
Horticulture
Growing Media Ireland (GMI) has called on the government to develop a system to use domestic peat supplies in the...
Horticulture
The “severe pressure” that horticulture growers are under was highlighted to Minister for Foreign Affairs and deputy Fine Gael leader...