Rural Life
Department study underway into possible farm building relocation
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is currently conducting a study into the feasibility of a farm building...
Rural Life
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is currently conducting a study into the feasibility of a farm building...
Rural Life
The Individual Farmers of Ireland have issued an appeal for farmers to help each other out following the recent flooding...
Environment
An agricultural contractor in Co. Sligo has been rather busy this past week with his slurry equipment. Unsurprisingly, it was...
Rural Life
Speaking from Co. Galway where he visited farmland affected by flooding, Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) President Tim Cullinan said the...
Environment
Teagasc has issued advice and tips on how to avoid damage to tractors and stay safe while working with machinery...
Rural Life
The current flooding of houses, farmyards and farmland “should come as no surprise to anyone”, and is as a result...
Environment
The incoming Government will need to fast-track the planned €1 billion flood relief package designed to protect 11,500 properties –...
Rural Life
Farm families will “struggle to get back on their feet” – after the flooding around the country – without emergency...
Environment
A Galway East TD has pledged his “full support” for communities that have been affected by flooding around Gort, Co....
Rural Life
Several hundred acres of farmland around the country are flooded after weeks of heavy rain, with farmers in the worst-affected...
Rural Life
The Government is being called on to provide “a financial aid package” for damage caused by the current flooding around...
Agri-Business
Galway County Council has been called on “to implement an emergency response if necessary” following “genuine concerns” of flooding. Fianna Fáil...
Rural Life
A sheep farmer based near Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh, had to think fast last Sunday morning, February 9, when he discovered his...
Agri Politics
In the past two months, 450mm of rain fell in the Athenry area of Co. Galway while other parts of...
Environment
In 2017, the South Galway Flood Relief committee brought its flooding plight to the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The...
Environment
Local flooding issues are a matter for each local authority to investigate and address. They may carry out flood alleviation...
Agri Politics
The feasibility of a “once-off” targeted scheme for “voluntary farm building relocation” is being considered by the Department of Agriculture,...
Environment
The past four years have been the warmest on record, according to the annual State of the Global Climate report...