Agri-Business
Plans for a new €8.8 million National Food Innovation Hub revealed
Plans for a new €8.8 million National Food Innovation Hub were jointly announced by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the...
Agri-Business
Plans for a new €8.8 million National Food Innovation Hub were jointly announced by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the...
National Ploughing Championships
Free trade between the Republic of Ireland and the UK post-Brexit has been described as an advantage for both countries...
Rural Life
A funding boost of €10 million for the improvement of non-public or private roads in rural Ireland has just been...
Rural Life
People in rural Ireland must receive equal treatment from the government in light of the recent decision to refund water...
Rural Life
A group of demonstrators gathered outside the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today, July 18,...
Agri-Business
Following his election as Taoiseach yesterday, Leo Varadkar has been issued with a submission from the IFA relating to the...
Agri-Business
Fine Gael TD for the Cork-North West constituency, Michael Creed, has retained his role as the Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Rural Life
Fine Gael leadership candidate – and former Minister for Agriculture – Simon Coveney, was handed a recent boost to his...
Agri-Business
The former Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, has recently announced that he will enter the race...
CAP / Schemes
There are no plans to review the new participant duration limits recently introduced in the Rural Social Scheme, the Minister for...
CAP / Schemes
In 2017, revised estimates for the Department of Social Protection provide for expenditure of almost €83m on the Farm Assist...
CAP / Schemes
Details of where the 500 extra places on the Rural Social Scheme for farmers and fishermen will be allocated have...
Rural Life
Plans to overhaul the social welfare system which would allow the self-employed, including farmers, to avail of more benefits has been...
Rural Life
The number of farmers applying to Farm Assist has fallen since 2012, new figures from the Department of Social Protection...
CAP / Schemes
Any forthcoming changes to the Farm Assist Scheme will not be implemented until next year at the earliest, according to the...
CAP / Schemes
Newly appointed Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar, has committed to a review of the Farm Assist scheme. The Programme...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar, has been called on to ensure the reintroduction of income and child disregards...
Agri-Business
Macra na Feirme has said it is outraged and disappointed that the acting Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, has decided...