Agri Politics
Greens' manifesto proposes bonus for 'zero-movement' beef
The Green Party has released its manifesto for the upcoming General Election, devoting several pages of it to agriculture, food,...
Agri Politics
The Green Party has released its manifesto for the upcoming General Election, devoting several pages of it to agriculture, food,...
Agri Politics
A new programme to offset the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with all Government air travel has been introduced. From...
Agri Politics
Following from the release earlier today of Fianna Fáil’s manifesto for General Election 2020, Fine Gael has revealed its commitments...
Forestry
Ibec industry body Forest Industries Ireland (FII) launched its General Election 2020 manifesto for political parties yesterday, Thursday, January 23....
Environment
The Green Party has homed in on “harmful subsidies” which include reduced rates of excise on marked “green” agricultural diesel,...
Agri Politics
Fianna Fáil has committed to “ensuring a fair price for farmers” if it gets into Government, after the party launched...
Beef
The National Trust North Coast Conservation team have revealed ambitions to return grazing livestock to one of the bays at...
Environment
Weather conditions this weekend will start relatively dry but are set to become more unsettled and colder on Sunday, according...
Environment
The Government’s 2030 targets for cutting agricultural emissions will not be revised to reflect the true global warming potential of...
Environment
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow fog warning for the whole country, which is currently in place and will be...
Environment
The way methane is treated and measured in climate change science is “probably not appropriate”, according to the chairperson of...
Environment
Political parties are being urged to put micro-generation front and centre in their policies by an organisation representing stakeholders in...
N.Ireland
There were big promises made at Dundonald House as Northern Ireland’s first Agriculture Minister in three years set out his...
Environment
While there is not necessarily a need to cut herd sizes for the purpose of climate change mitigation, increasing numbers...
Environment
The president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Joe Healy, has said the agri-food sector “stands ready to respond” and...
Environment
An event examining Irish farming’s role in climate change, organised by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), is taking place in...
Rural Life
A storm of huge tennis ball sized hailstones caused significant damage to glasshouses owned by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research...
Agri Politics
California, the largest agricultural state in the US, is succeeding in its bid to reduce methane emissions – without losing...