Rural Life
Sustainable Christmas trees locally grown in Dublin mountains
The whole concept of going to a Christmas tree farm wasn’t really ‘a thing’ in Ireland when Karen and Justin...
Carbon storage
Environment
Investment in soils could not only benefit the environment - research
Investing in soils could benefit the environment, animal and human health as well as achieving a net zero target, according...
Sponsored
Minimise your tax bills with solar PV
With the year end fast approaching, now is the time to be planning on what can be done to minimise...
Environment
'The lungs of Ireland' - first peatland restoration project in Co. Clare
The first raised-bog restoration and peatland rewetting project, Shanakyle Bog Restoration, located near Parteen in Co. Clare has recently been...
Environment
Pilot scheme in pipeline for on-farm carbon trading
A “pilot scheme in relation to on-farm carbon trading to reward farmers for the public goods they are providing” is...
Opinion
Building soil fertility in a sustainable way
By John McHugh, dairy farmer, Portlaoise, Co. Laois Recently, soil scientists from Rothemsted Research in the UK, and Wageningen University...