Rural Life
TD queries NI 'agri-practices' and water quality in south
Waterways Ireland, the cross-border body which manages more than 1,000km of inland waterways, including rivers, should have more of a...
Rural Life
Waterways Ireland, the cross-border body which manages more than 1,000km of inland waterways, including rivers, should have more of a...
Environment
The rise in nitrate levels in rivers and estuaries is “no surprise” according to An Taisce, which said that dairy...
Agri-Business
There has been no significant improvement in the water quality of rivers and lakes which is largely attributable to excess...
Agri-Business
Projected emissions data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should be acknowledged as a “positive development” for agriculture. This is...
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently recruiting for a scientific officer in agriculture to contribute to the development of...
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has forecast that agricultural emissions could fall by almost 20% by 2030, if a range...
Environment
No farmer in Ireland “will be forced” to rewet their lands under the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law, the Minister for...
Environment
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said he will “push for the best possible outcome for...
Agri-Business
Dawn Meats Ireland Unlimited Company has pleaded guilty to 25 separate charges in relation to “breaching conditions” of their Industrial Emissions...
Environment
Transformation is needed in agriculture, the director general at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned. Laura Burke believes that...
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced €16 million in funding for new research projects related to the climate and...
Agri-Business
The initial report on the government’s land use review has recommended that a measurement of food security be used to...
Agri-Business
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that six of the 13 sites listed as “National Priority Sites” last year were...
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a map which highlights how water quality is affected by farming activity in...
Environment
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) has claimed that a government-funded climate report may cause reputational damage to...
Environment
Macra has called on the government to “come clean on plans to flood rural Ireland” following proposals contained in a...
Environment
The Rural Independent Group of TDs has said that proposals contained in a new climate report would “destroy” the livelihoods...
Beef News
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has said that the “constant trolling of livestock farmers by a small...