Rural Life
Turf: Senator advises people to 'continue as normal right now'
Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy has advised all people who use turf as a fuel to continue to cut, rear...
Rural Life
Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy has advised all people who use turf as a fuel to continue to cut, rear...
Rural Life
Local communities around the midlands are not benefitting from tangible results of the ‘Just Transition’, according to one senator. Eugene...
Environment
The withdrawal of the UK from the EU has caused untold difficulties, but Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy raised an...
Environment
Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy has urged gardeners, farmers and groundskeepers to consider the environment and whether the use of...
Environment
Fianna Fáil senator Eugene Murphy has called on the relevant ministers to engage with all stakeholders to find a solution to...
Environment
The funding approved by cabinet today for a bog rehabilitation plan for just transition in the midlands “will provide sustainable...
Rural Life
Shooting club members must “stand in solidarity and accept [the] pheasant shooting season must be put on hold”, according to...
Rural Life
Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy has appealed to people to support Irish businesses if purchasing goods online in the coming...
Agri Politics
Fianna Fáil senator Eugene Murphy has accepted a request from Taoiseach Michéal Martin to take on the role of the...
Rural Life
A Fianna Fáil TD has expressed “alarm” at the objection by An Taisce to the revised licence that would allow...
Agri Politics
It is planned to expand the badger vaccination area incrementally to all parts of the country during the 2019-2022 period....
Rural Life
20 Garda Stations in the western region cannot access the PULSE system due to a lack of internet connectivity according...
Environment
The country could have been better prepared for Storm Ali and a Status Red alert was warranted, according to Fianna...
CAP / Schemes
Support measures for farmers moving to online Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications in 2018 must be rolled out as a...
Rural Life
Over 500,000 households have been left in “broadband limbo land” as a result of developments this week, according to Fianna...
Rural Life
A recent report, showing that farming is the occupation with the highest risk for fatalities, will come as no surprise to...
Environment
Funding for the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme needs to be increased in Budget 2018, as farmers in marginal areas...
Rural Life
Farmers and farming families are still under siege from rising flood waters at a number of turloughs in Roscommon and Galway, Fianna...