Environment
PAN calls for EU to follow Brussels' lead on plant protection rules
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe has called for other EU regions or countries to follow the lead of Brussels in...
Brussels
Opinion
Opinion: UK general election throws up shocks aplenty
Every general election will throw up its fair share of ‘shock results’. And the 2024 ‘dash for Westminster’ was no...
Agri Politics
Minister: European systems to support farmers need to be 'responsive' in crisis
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine highlighted the plight of Irish tillage and horticulture farmers in Brussels today...
CAP / Schemes
Proposed CAP changes to 'make life simpler' for farmers - minister
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has welcomed EU Commission proposals to simplify the Common Agriculture Policy...
CAP / Schemes
Farmers return to Brussels as EU committee endorses CAP review
European farmers have returned to Brussels today (Tuesday, March 26) for the third time in less than two months calling...
Tillage
MEP discusses the impact of EU policy on tillage sector
The latest edition of the ‘Tillage Edge’ podcast features an in-depth interview with Ireland South MEP, Sean Kelly, on the...
Agri Politics
Watch: We need to listen to 'views of farmers' - minister
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has said that European politicians and policymakers need “to consider and...
Agri Politics
Watch: Farmers back on the streets of Brussels
Farmers are protesting again in Brussels today (Monday, February 26) as European agriculture ministers gather to discuss proposals to reduce...
Agri Politics
ICSA: 'Brussels bubble' has become more detached from farmers
As protests continue throughout Europe, Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA) general secretary Eddie Punch said that “the Brussels bubble”...
Agri Politics
Agriland survey: Majority of Irish farmers support farmer-led protests
The majority of farmers here support farmer-led protests such as those seen across Europe in recent weeks and months. Agriland...
Rural Life
European farmers bring Brussels to a standstill
Farmers from across Europe have brought the city centre in Brussels to a standstill today (Thursday, February 1) over their...
Agri-Business
Farmers' Alliance joins European groups to 'fight' EU policies
The Farmers’ Alliance “fully supports” discussions which are currently underway to form a European farming alliance, party co-founder Helen O’Sullivan...
Environment
Oireachtas Ag committee to launch new nitrates campaign in Brussels to 'hold 220kg/ha'
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is to start work on a in-depth report that will form...
Opinion
What will 2024 bring for Irish agriculture?
It may be 2024 but listening to some people still talking about last year, one might be led to believe...
Forestry
Minister calls for EU policies to support forestry development
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has called for European policy objectives to support sustainable forestry development....
Forestry
Ag committee to meet in Brussels to discuss forestry concerns
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will meet in Brussels tomorrow (Wednesday, September 6) and Thursday (September...
Rural Life
Campaigning farmer ‘not satisfied’ with EU Parliament decision
Co. Carlow farmer, Ned Deering who has spent over 10 years campaigning for people with learning difficulties is “not satisfied”...
Agri Politics
Former Macra president ends vice-president term at CEJA
Former Macra president Thomas Duffy has concluded his term as a vice-president of the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA)....