Agri-Business
TD tells Dáil 'bureaucracy is smothering farmers’
Independent TD Michael Lowry has told the Dáil that bureaucracy is “smothering farmers” and that the “actual pleasure” of farming is...
Agri-Business
Independent TD Michael Lowry has told the Dáil that bureaucracy is “smothering farmers” and that the “actual pleasure” of farming is...
CAP / Schemes
A total of 5,495 farmers in Co. Mayo are currently top of the Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) payments...
Agri Politics
Tánaiste and Minister for Rural Affairs, Micheál Martin has said that he will support farmers and that “our food production...
CAP / Schemes
A total of 3,744 farmers in Co. Mayo – which is the highest in the country when compared to any...
Environment
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil that his “biggest concern for Irish farmers and our food industry is the possibility...
Environment
There is “full funding” to cover the 50,000 farmers who have applied to the Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES)...
Rural Life
Concerns were raised in the Dáil by TD Micheal Collins, along with his Rural Independents group colleagues, regarding the waiting...
Agri Politics
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today (Wednesday, October 4) told the Dáil that “about 250 farms” will be able to continue to...
Forestry
The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that the government is “seriously and sympathetically” examining a compensation for farmers and landowners...
Rural Life
The decision to leave Kerry as one of seven constituencies “entirely unchanged” following a major review by the Electoral Commission...
Dairy
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has hit back at claims that advertising campaigns promoting the “sustainability” of...
Agri Politics
The damage to the environment by the agriculture sector in Ireland “is far less than anyone else’s in the world,”...
Agri Politics
The absence of any rural government TDs during a “critical” Dáil debate today (Wednesday, June 28) on a proposed national...
Rural Life
A TD has claimed that the government “doesn’t give a damn” how much carbon is sequestered by Irish farms, according...
Rural Life
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys has told the Dáil that planning regulations should help people to...
Agri-Business
A TD has claimed in the Dáil that jeeps used as part of the new Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES)...
Rural Life
The Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys is to seek more funding for improvements to rural roads and...
Agri Politics
The only dairy farmer in Dáil Eireann, Tipperary TD Jackie Cahill, has warned that rural Ireland “is not simply a...