Environment
Call for independent assessment of value loss on designated land
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that existing payment arrangements and the proposals in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)...
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...
Rural Life
Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture, deputy Matt Carthy, has said that the government must reverse its proposed ban on the...
Environment
German energy company RWE has announced that it will invest €1.5 billion in Irish renewable energy over the next eight...
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making €11.7 million available for environmental projects from the research community to help address...
Rural Life
Ireland’s ‘car dependency culture’ will only increase if we do not invest in public transport now, according to economist Jim...
Rural Life
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has confirmed that a ban on the sale of turf will...
Environment
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that the “climate imperative is that we act now and change how we produce food”....
Dairy
Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) president, Pat McCormack believes that the uptake for the proposed Food Dairy Vision Group...
Agri-Business
Jack Bobo, director of global food and water policy with The Nature Conservancy and CEO of the of food foresight...
Dairy News
Food Dairy Vision Group (FDVG) chairman, Prof. Gerry Boyle believes that a proposal to reduce fertiliser nitrogen (N) levels by...
Environment
By Gordon Deegan An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead to controversial plans for a solar farm across a 300ac...
Environment
Farmers should be paid to provide renewable energy such as solar power to the national grid, a Fine Gael TD...
Rural Life
Irish Water has announced a €20 million investment plan to upgrade capacity at 12 wastewater treatment plants throughout the country...