Farm Inspections
You have got the date in the diary for a local authority farm inspection but what do you need to do to make sure you are ready?
Rural Life
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) confirmed it paid local authorities €37.9 million for greenways in 2025.
Environment
Local authorities must sustain the increased level of farm inspections and strengthen enforcement of non-compliance, the EPA said.
Local authorities inspected 4,315 farms in 2025 under the Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) for Protection of Waters Regulations.
Funding of up to €13 million is being made available to enable local authorities to acquire vacant and derelict buildings or lands.
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) met with representatives of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to outline concerns over greenways.
Agri-Business
Eight county councils have now passed motions in relation to Bord Bia chair Larry Murrin, according to the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA).
Minister Darragh O’Brien has announced new funding of almost €35 million to further support local authorities in climate action.
A €3 million funding scheme which is primarily designed to help local authorities deliver on 'biodiversity' projects is set to open today.
2024 saw a 4% increase in the number of livestock worrying incidents reported to local authorities,...
Local authorities must carry out more farm inspections and follow-up enforcement, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
An Irish MEP has claimed that county councils "totally ignore" best practice when it comes to roadside hedge cutting.
Firefighters were called to 144 fires in agricultural buildings in 2024, according to data from fire services throughout the country.
Two farms that refused DAFM inspections last year received "a 100% penalty on their Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) payments.
Local authority chiefs under fire from at TD for failing to clamp down on illegal commercial peat extractors.
Local authorities have paid out more than €11 million to date in Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) payments to Revenue.
€2.9 million is to be allocated to local authorities for biodiversity projects under the NPWS Local Biodiversity Action Fund this year.
The National Famine Way roadshow will call to seven locations along the route of the long distance trail this month and into June
Over €112 million has been now paid out under the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant applicants for more than 2,000 homes.
There has been about 241 submissions for rezoning land nationwide under the final 2025 map for RZLT, according to local authorities
A mental health project set up for locals affected by the Lough Funshinagh flooding in Co. Roscommon has been nominated for a LAMA award
The National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG) is helping local authorities set up response hubs in areas impacted by power outages
LAWPRO awarded grant aid of over €500,000 to local community groups in 2023, according to its annual report launched today
