Environment
There is no discrimination around commonage inspections - Coveney
There is no discrimination in relation to the inspection of commonage and private land, Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said....
Environment
There is no discrimination in relation to the inspection of commonage and private land, Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said....
Rural Life
A puppy farm was recently shut down in Carlow where conditions were said to be “absolutely horrendous” where 52 dogs...
Agri-Business
Only 2% of 2014 Single Farm Payment penalty appeals were fully successful last year, according to figures released by the...
Agri-Business
Serious concerns have been expressed about the lack of clarity which exists on eligible land under the new Basic Payment...
Agri-Business
A group of farmers have raised €50,000 towards its €100,000 aim to take a legal case against the Department of...
Rural Life
The fear of inspection is causing farmers to accept penalties on ‘ineligible’ land and not appeal the issues, ICSA General...
Agri-Business
Some 10,916 land eligibility appeals have been received by the Department of Agriculture to date, of which 9,237 have been...
Agri-Business
A group of farmers from west Cork are taking a legal challenge in the High Court against the Department of...
Agri-Business
Single Farm Payments and Disadvantage Area Scheme payments of almost 10,000 farmers were hit by penalties last year. The Department...
Agri Politics
Calls have been made for the Department of Agriculture to end the practice of no-notice farm inspections, by Sinn Féin MEP,...
Agri Politics
Elimination of unannounced inspections form part of the IFA’s submission to European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan on Simplification of the...
Agri-Business
Unannounced farm inspections by the Department of Agriculture have been a bone of contention with farmers for many years and...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture’s investigations division has a success rate in court of 90%, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture...
Agri-Business
Department of Agriculture investigators have been threatened that they will be shot, have had guns held to their heads and...
Agri-Business
At a meeting of the European Parliament’s Agriculture & Rural Development committee yesterday Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy raised concerns over...