Rural Life
Ceann Comhairle objects to solar farm plan for Kildare farmland
By Gordon Deegan Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó’Fearghaíl TD, has raised concerns over a planned €100 million solar farm that is to...
Rural Life
By Gordon Deegan Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó’Fearghaíl TD, has raised concerns over a planned €100 million solar farm that is to...
Tillage
Tillage farmers are being urged to put a strategic plan in place, when it comes to tackling the 2024 spring...
Dairy News
An Bord Pleanála has rejected an appeal made by an environmentalist against a milking parlour development in Co. Meath. In...
Rural Life
By Gordon Deegan A planning row has broken out between north Clare farm households who have already been engaged in...
Rural Life
Planning permission is being sought for a proposed solar farm across 205ha in Co. Meath which could provide electricity to...
Environment
As we await publication of the government’s National Biomethane Strategy, Ireland is playing catch-up with other countries when it comes...
Rural Life
A recommendation that new rural housing should be directed towards “rural towns and villages” could make “vast swathes of rural...
Rural Life
An overhaul of planning guidelines for one-off rural housing must ensure that young people can stay in rural Ireland, according...
Rural Life
An independent TD has said that she is deeply concerned about the ‘planning limbo’ being faced by people in rural...
Rural Life
New housing guidelines will include the right to build your own home in remote areas and in rural Ireland if...
Rural Life
By Gordon Deegan 15 appeals have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála by parties seeking to block plans for a...
Agri-Business
The Minister of State for Planning and Local Government, Peter Burke, has published proposed revisions to planning exemptions for the...
Agri-Business
A TD has warmly welcomed the decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for the €40 million Banagher...
Agri-Business
The Green Party has called on a Fine Gael minister of state to urgently progress planning legislation to allow for...
Agri-Business
By Gordon Deegan Plans by a Fianna Fáil TD and his wife to build their dream family home have become...
Agri-Business
An Irish MEP has said that farmers have been sent legal letters on behalf of other rural dwellers complaining about...
Rural Life
By Gordon Deegan Kildare County Council has given the green light to plans by Intel for its planned new $4...
Environment
The County Development Plan (CDP) in Co. Donegal is currently being revised after a wind farm developer brought judicial review...