Environment
New partnership invests €1 billion in onshore wind
More than €1 billion could be invested in onshore wind energy by Bord na Móna and SSE Renewables, in a...
Environment
More than €1 billion could be invested in onshore wind energy by Bord na Móna and SSE Renewables, in a...
biodiversity
The controversial Nature Restoration Law faces an uncertain future after a meeting of EU environment ministers today. It had been...
Rural Life
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has indicated that the finalised version of the National Biomethane Strategy...
Rural Life
Aiming to move from a dependence on peat production in the midlands, funding has been announced today (Friday, January 12)...
Rural Life
The Micro Renewable Energy Federation (MREF) has called for low interest retrofit project loans to be extended to farmers. This...
Environment
Farmers are being reminded that the final exemption for the on-farm burning of cut agricultural green waste will come to...
Agri Politics
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan will be among the speakers at this year’s Irish Creamery...
Environment
The first stage of a bill to develop a nationwide strategy for anaerobic digestion was brought to the Dáil today...
Agri-Business
A new generation of farmers and foresters must be paid to protect nature, as well as providing food and wood,...
Sheep
Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) payment increases to Irish sheep farmers would be subject to “the agreement of the European Commission,”...
Rural Life
A government-appointed taskforce is due to begin work this month on its recommendations for the new Just Transition Commission. Minister...
Agri-Business
A review of government communications needs to take place in light of the “fiasco” around the proposed EU Nature Restoration...
Rural Life
There is a projected loss of 10,600 farm and related workers between 2022 and 2035, according to a recent report...
Rural Life
Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan “is not promoting” the use of compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) in order...
Rural Life
An Independent TD has said plans to cut the VAT rate on solar panels are “better late than never” and...
Agri-Business
A new government-backed one-year programme has been launched to help improve transport choices for people living in rural locations across the...
Agri-Business
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said that the party will “stand up for the Irish family farm”. The Minister...
Environment
The European Union has signed a pledge to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuels at the COP27 climate...