biodiversity
Over 100 events planned for National Biodiversity Week
Over 100 nature-related events will take place across the country to mark this year’s National Biodiversity Week. From today (Friday,...
biodiversity
Over 100 nature-related events will take place across the country to mark this year’s National Biodiversity Week. From today (Friday,...
Environment
At Carlow Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Gerard Griffin upheld a decision of Carlow District Court to convict and fine Brian O’Reilly, Clonagh, Hollywood,...
Property
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) is calling on the state to establish a fund that will top...
Environment
Applications are now open for the €5 million pilot Farm Environmental Study (FES), the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
N.Ireland
The results of a study, looking at the potential for biomethane production in Northern Ireland, show considerable promise. However, those...
Dairy News
A new study has shown that cumulative methane output was reduced by almost 11% in dairy cows that received a...
Environment
The European Parliament has recently voted for new tougher limits on the use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to reduce...
Dairy News
New Zealand dairy cooperative, Fonterra, is to expand a trial which uses seaweed to reduce methane emissions from cows. In...
Environment
The Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA) has told TDs and senators that solar “provides a practical option to aid agriculture”...
Environment
A new Strategic Action Plan for the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has been published today (Wednesday, May 4)...
Agri Politics
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will meet this evening (Wednesday, May 4) to discuss solar energy...
Environment
Heritage minister, Malcolm Noonan, has supported a full investigation by An Garda Siochána into the causes of a major fire...
Environment
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that existing payment arrangements and the proposals in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)...
Environment
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has called on the government to act to keep all turf in the ground where...
Environment
IFOAM Organics Europe has urged the need for a holistic and multi-dimensional approach to carbon farming, focusing not only on...
Rural Life
The Fine Gael deputy government chief whip, Brendan Griffin and Seanad whip, senator Seán Kyne, have told Minister for the...
Environment
Widespread implementation of ammonia reduction technologies in agriculture is needed for Ireland’s compliance with EU air pollutant reduction targets, according...
Environment
Leave No Trace (LNT) Ireland has become a member of the Northern Ireland Environment Link (NIEL) and will now work...