Forestry
Councillor calls for taskforce to remove 'dead and dying' ash trees
A county councillor has called on the government to set up a taskforce to carry out work to remove ash...
Ash
Rural Life
Meath man donates thousands of saplings nationwide
Builder and part-time farmer from Oldcastle, Co. Meath, Paddy Mangan has donated 9,000 saplings nationwide with the help of volunteers,...
Sponsored
Watch: Cork dairy farmer tracks nitrates in derogation
Watch how this Cork farmer manages and tracks nitrates in derogation using the Herdwatch app. The nitrates situation presents both...
Forestry
Independent review of DAFM ash dieback scheme
An independent review is to be carried out into the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s (DAFM) ash dieback...
Forestry
Nolan: Ash dieback response is 'own goal' for government
An Independent TD has claimed that the failure of the government to bring forward “pragmatic solutions” to the ash dieback...
Forestry
Cahill 'confident' of movement on ash dieback issue
The chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said that he is confident there...
Environment
IFA calls for ash dieback scheme for affected farmers
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is calling for a scheme to be established to assist farmers who have been affected...
Rural Life
80% of hurleys are made from imported ash
There are 450,000 hurleys produced in Ireland every year and 80% of those are made from imported ash, according to...