Agri-Business
Commission approves €105m relocation scheme for Dutch farmers
The European Commission has today (Monday, July 22) approved a €105 million scheme to compensate Dutch livestock farmers for relocating...
Habitats Directive
Rural Life
Rise in wolf attacks on EU livestock raised at agri ministers council
A Council of EU meeting of agriculture ministers has heard calls for more to be done to address the rise...
Rural Life
Ministers announce measures to tackle deer population
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, along with Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform,...
Rural Life
Fitzmaurice accuses President of hypocrisy for flooding comments
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has accused President Michael D Higgins of hypocrisy for his recent comments on flooding. President Higgins...
Environment
Ireland has 'failed' to fulfill conservation obligations - EU advisor
Ireland has “failed to fulfill its obligations” to put necessary conservation measures in place to protect natural habitats, wild fauna...
Environment
Report: Over a quarter of EU land protected for biodiversity
Over a quarter of the land area of the European Union was designated for the preservation of biodiversity last year,...
Rural Life
Vet medicine and environment rules highlight impact of 'EU red tape'
Rules and regulations from the EU on issues such as veterinary medicine, climate change and biodiversity have been slammed as...
Environment
‘Donegal is the national stronghold for corncrake’
Although the global population is considered stable, in Ireland the corncrake is a species of high conservation concern due to...
Environment
Conserving habitats and species under national and EU rules and regulations
The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has a role in relation to the conservation of habitats and species...
Environment
'We need to look beyond water quality to other ecological needs of habitats and species'
National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) which is part of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has highlighted the...
Agri Politics
SACs: What are they and who gets compensated?
There are 439 Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in Ireland with 13% of total land designated under the scheme. And,...