Agri Politics
Deferral of RZLT to allow exclusion of farmers 'a step forward'
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Francie Gorman has said that the deferral of the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)...
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Agri Politics
Estate management review shows DAFM 'lost' a forest and 'found' a manor
Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh questioned the secretary general of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM),...
Agri Politics
ICSA welcomes agreement on Farmers' Charter
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president Sean McNamara has welcomed the agreement reached on an updated Farmers’...
Agri Politics
ICMSA: Farmers' Charter 'must start delivering'
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has welcomed the conclusion of negotiations on a new Farmers’ Charter. The Department...
Agri Politics
Agreement reached on new Farmers' Charter
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and farming organisations have reached an agreement on a new Farmers’...
Agri Politics
Watch: On the Record - Hackett to 'hammer on doors' for nature restoration funding
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Pippa Hackett has said that she is prepared...
Agri Politics
Minister Hackett to run for Green Party leader
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Pippa Hackett has confirmed that she will run...
Agri Politics
Watch: Ryan 'regrets' narrative formed between Greens and rural Ireland
Following his resignation today (Tuesday, June 18), Minister Eamon Ryan said that one of his “biggest regrets” is the narrative...
Agri Politics
EMB calls for EU Parliament to create new trade policy
The European Milk Board (EMB) has called for the next EU Parliament and new European Commission to create a “new...
Agri Politics
EESC highlights support for nature restoration to Belgian minister
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has written to the Belgian environment minister to reiterate its endorsement of the...
Agri Politics
Farmers urged to use their vote 'carefully' in European elections
The Munster Regional chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Conor O’Leary has urged farmers to carefully consider their vote...
Agri Politics
New Farmers' Charter close to being finalised - Curran
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Rural Development Committee has said that the new Farmers’ Charter of Rights...
Agri Politics
CSO: Ireland has imported 20,000t of peat in the past year
Ireland has imported 172,000t of peat since 2016, including nearly 20,000t in the past year alone, recent figures from the...
Agri Politics
Watch: Main issues for agri-sector highlighted by MEP candidates
Generational renewal and climate policy were some of the key issues highlighted for the agricultural sector at a panel discussion...
Agri Politics
Environmental schemes for farmers 'should be voluntary' - Cowen
Environmental schemes for farmers “should be voluntary”, according to Fianna Fáil TD and candidate for the European Elections, Barry Cowen....
Agri Politics
Fine Gael agriculture group proposes new 'partnership' with farmers
Fine Gael is being urged to create a “new partnership” with farmers which would include a national farm succession programme,...
Agri Politics
MEP calls for short-term lets on farms to be exempt from new regulation
Ireland South MEP candidate Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has called for small farmers who have renovated self catering units on their...
Beef News
ICMSA: Beef price cuts 'deliberate, targeted and geographic'
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has branded last week’s beef price cuts as “deliberate, targeted and geographic”. The...