Environment

Applications are now being accepted by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) for the 2020 nitrates derogation. A number of…

What can I do to protect the water quality in my area?

February 8, 2020

The most recent 2013 to 2018 report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) showed an overall decline in water quality in Ireland. The…

How this farmer went from zero to 60% soils at optimum soil fertility in just 4 years

February 8, 2020

Time and time again, the amount of our soils that are still not at optimum soil fertility is brought up and discussed. This…

New IFA environmental chair to speak at Tipperary meeting

February 6, 2020

Agri Politics

The new Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Environmental Committee chairman Paul O’Brien will be guest speaker at a meeting in Co. Tipperary next…

Export markets could be put at risk if farmers don’t ‘pull up their socks’

February 6, 2020

If farmers don’t make changes at farm level, to reduce their environmental impact, they could put themselves at risk of loosing some of…

Dr. Frank Mitloehner’s comments are not ‘a silver bullet’ for agriculture

February 5, 2020

Recently, global air pollution expert, Dr. Frank Mitloehner – during a series of interviews with AgriLand – highlighted recent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…

‘Hedgerows sequester 50% more carbon than forestry’ – Dr. Paddy Wall

February 4, 2020

The potential for Ireland’s hedgerows and grasslands to be acknowledged as carbon sinks on farms proved to be a major talking point at…

New IFA National Environment Committee chair announced

January 7, 2020

Agri Politics

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Environment Committee has elected a new chairman following a meeting in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, earlier today, Tuesday,…

Dairy throwback: ‘Eating the grass and producing the goods’ in Co. Monaghan

December 30, 2019

For today’s dairy throwback, we will be going back in time to June of this year, when we visited last year’s overall winner…

‘We’re worried that mining in Connemara will end up destroying our water as well’

October 13, 2019

Efforts to try and prevent the granting of a prospecting licence in Connemara for gold and silver are well and truly underway as…

Taking a leap of faith in Connemara as mining company goes for the gold

October 12, 2019

Approximately 90% of the population of Connemara is opposed to an application by a mining company to seek a prospecting licence for gold…

‘We know that a prospecting licence is the first step in securing a mining licence’

October 12, 2019

Opposition to mining for gold and silver in Connemara is clearly evident this week after 6,900 people signed a petition to highlight their…

‘So, if there is no chance of mining in Connemara, then why is there prospecting?’

October 11, 2019

So, if there is no chance of mining – why would they be prospecting? This was the question asked by Gerry Keane –…

‘This waste transfer station is in complete contradiction to what is being asked of us’

September 29, 2019

The proposed construction of the Poolboy Waste Transfer Station on the outskirts of Ballinasloe has brought the community out in force to oppose…

‘We want to look after people in Ballinasloe – we do not want to make them sick’

September 28, 2019

Ballinasloe is the beating heart of Ireland – it’s a gateway between the east and the west and part of the Ireland’s Hidden…

‘Living within 5km of a waste facility is of extreme detriment to human health’

September 26, 2019

There are numerous medical and scientific studies that show that living within 5km of a waste facility is of extreme detriment to human…

‘Ballinasloe Says No’ to waste transfer station in its town

September 25, 2019