Environment
A €3 million funding scheme which is primarily designed to help local authorities deliver on 'biodiversity' projects is set to open today.
Rural Life
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
Cork County Council has been allocated almost €100,000 under the government's dog control initiative for local authorities.
Minister Heather Humphreys has said that the priorities for the funding of rural roads is "a matter exclusively" for local authorities.
Following months of campaigning by candidates, today (Friday, June 7) the electorate has their say as voting is underway in three elections.
Agri Politics
Retaining Ireland's nitrates derogation and increasing the next CAP budget are among the list of election pledges being made by Fine Gael.
A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that 45% of septic tanks failed inspection by Local Authorities last year.
Agri-Business
Talks on the possible transfer of the local authority veterinary service to the Department of Agriculture may be finalised by the end of 2024
31 local authority Climate Action Plans were launched by Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan in Co. Clare.
Farm organisations have been urged to explore "options" under a new €1 million Local Authority-led CCTV scheme.
