Environment
Amazon deforestation at highest level in 11 years
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is at its highest level since 2008, with almost 10,000km² of trees destroyed in the...
Environment
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is at its highest level since 2008, with almost 10,000km² of trees destroyed in the...
Environment
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rainfall warning today, Tuesday, November 19, for five counties in the south of...
Environment
Minister Michael Creed has said that there is “no question of capping or reducing the national herd size”. The minister...
CAP / Schemes
The Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP) has been given the green light for a further four-year period to 2023, Minister for...
Environment
Met Éireann is predicting unsettled conditions in the coming days, while a Status Yellow low temperature warning is in place for this...
Environment
Minister Michael Creed has launched a public consultation process for a new climate change mitigation initiative. The consultation for ‘Ag-Climatise:...
Environment
The Government-supported closure of the country’s peat industry over the next 13 months will have “no direct impact” in offsetting...
Environment
Sustainable and climate-compatible farming “must mean the end of the cheap food policy”, according to the Irish Creamery and Milk...
Agri Politics
“Farmer-bashing” needs to stop, according to Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) deputy presidential candidate Brian Rushe, who has issued a riposte...
Agri Politics
Farmer representatives were to the fore at a recent workshop held by the Climakers Alliance. The alliance – a union...
Environment
Changeable and unsettled weather is in store from tomorrow night onwards, according to Met Éireann. It will be very cold...
Beef
Concerns have been raised that large-scale reductions in red meat consumption by the world’s population will “increase the numbers of...
Environment
RTÉ’s schedule of programming covering climate change, which has been running throughout this week, has been criticised as being “unfair...
Environment
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rainfall warning – which will turn to sleet and snow later today, Wednesday,...
Environment
A cross-border Land Incentive Scheme for the River Derg catchment area is currently underway, with the aim of “benefiting farmers...
Environment
The Government has been heavily criticised for not adhering to a 2008 ruling from the European Court of Justice, which...
Environment
One of the candidates in this month’s presidential election for the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has outlined a set of...
Environment
Two free ‘Future Farming Forum’ events are being organised for the farming community in Co. Offaly in the coming weeks....