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10 sheep disappear in suspected ‘two-legged fox’ attack

November 23, 2018

A sheep farmer from Roundstone, Co. Galway, has reported that 10 of his sheep have gone missing in what he is calling “a…

€1.95 million pilot project launched for Wicklow hill farmers

November 21, 2018

Environment

The ‘Sustainable Uplands Agriculture-environment Scheme (SUAS)’ Pilot Project was officially launched by Wicklow Uplands Council this week. The €1.95 million project is designed…

‘Up to 6,000 farmers still awaiting final GLAS payment’

June 20, 2018

CAP / Schemes

Efforts were made yesterday to break the “logjam” that has developed where a “substantial” number of Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) commonage farmers…

City commonage farmers campaign for cattle grids

January 28, 2018

Sheep

Farmers in Glenasmole, near Tallaght in Dublin, are campaigning for the installation of cattle grids to prevent their sheep from wandering off commonage…

Hundreds of commonage management plans yet to be completed

November 24, 2017

CAP / Schemes

Hundreds of commonage management plans (CMPs) have yet to be completed under the Green, Low-Carbon, Environment Scheme (GLAS), according to the Minister for…

Farmers under ‘tremendous pressure’ to submit commonage framework plans

October 16, 2017

CAP / Schemes

Farmers are being put under “tremendous pressure” to submit commonage framework plans by the deadline of October 31, according to Sinn Fein’s agriculture…

Mayo farmer appointed Chair of Commonage Implementation Committee

November 23, 2016

Environment

Padraig Gibbons has been appointed by the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, as the new chair of the independent Commonage Implementation Committee. The…

Autumn GLAS payments could exclude commonage farmers -INHFA

September 23, 2016

CAP / Schemes

Autumn GLAS payments will not be paid out to commonage farmers who have not completed a Commonage Management Plan (CMP), according to the…

‘15,000 commonage farmers left in limbo by Minister Humphreys’

August 30, 2016

Environment

Some 15,000 commonage farmers have been left in limbo by Minister Humphreys and the National Parks and Wildlife Service, INHFA National Secretary Michael McDonnell…

‘Farmers unable to complete GLAS applications as almost 400 commonages without planners’

July 29, 2016

Environment

Almost 400 commonages around Ireland are without an approved GLAS planner to complete commonage management plans. The Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association…

‘Factory demands taking traditional beef breeds off commonages’

April 2, 2016

Environment

Demands for a certain type of product has had a dramatic impact on the herd profiles of suckler operations in hill farming areas,…

Eligible land area for commonage farmers in GLAS must not decrease – Department

March 23, 2016

Environment

Commonage farmers in GLAS must ensure that the Maximum Eligible Area (MEA) of the commonage as declared on the 2015 BPS application must…

Hill and commonage farmers say clarification still needed on eligibility

March 21, 2016

Environment

Clarification is still needed on land eligibility guidelines for hill and commonage farmers, according to the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA).…

Calls for higher 2015 GLAS payment for commonage farmers

January 11, 2016

Environment

Calls have been made for the Department of Agriculture to allow for a higher GLAS payments to be made in the part payment…

Coveney says over 30% of commonage shareholders joined GLAS 1

November 27, 2015

Environment

Over 30% of commonage shareholders opted to join the first tranche of GLAS, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney. He said…

Commonage farmers facing payment delays

October 12, 2015

Environment

Commonage farmers face payment delays when other farmers on the commonage have issues, the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association has said. It says…

‘Realistic deadlines’ for GLAS commonage plans to be monitored by Department

September 28, 2015

Environment

The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney has said he will monitor the progress of advisors in the preparation of commonage management plans in…

Commonage planning guidelines – online application still weeks off

August 14, 2015

Environment

The Department of Agriculture has published its guidelines for commonage planning. However, it has still to publish the full list of approved advisors…

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