Rural Life
Calls for Local Improvement Scheme for rivers in need of dredging
Independent TD Seán Canney said he has met with Minister Patrick O’Donovan to “flesh out a proposal” to create a...
Rural Life
Independent TD Seán Canney said he has met with Minister Patrick O’Donovan to “flesh out a proposal” to create a...
Forestry
Sinn Féin TD for Sligo-Leitrim Martin Kenny will bring a bill to second stage in the Dáil on Thursday evening...
Agri Politics
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has been called on by Sinn Féin’s Martin Kenny to find out who was responsible...
CAP / Schemes
The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) “may not be perfect” but is showing real progress, according to Minister for...
Beef
Some factories are considering moving their processing facilities to the UK, according to Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny. Speaking yesterday,...
Beef
Approximately 600 farmers are in danger of missing targets set out under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), the...
Sheep
The mandatory extension of electronic identification (EID) to all sheep could be incorporated into the Sheep Welfare Scheme, according to Sinn...
Tillage
Ireland needs to reach the point of depending less on imported proteins and using more of the meals and grains...
Grass
Farmers need to “take more responsibility” for trying to manage their own grassland better in order to get more fodder...
Forestry
A bill is expected to be laid before the Dail this week which would place a requirement for planning permission to...
Sheep
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has been called upon to put a stop to sheep inspections at this time of...
CAP / Schemes
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, must own up to the fact that there are “serious issues”...
CAP / Schemes
Farmers are being put under “tremendous pressure” to submit commonage framework plans by the deadline of October 31, according to...
CAP / Schemes
Further calls have been made to introduce a “definite ceiling” for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments post-2020, by Sinn Fein’s...
Rural Life
The days of farmers being able to help each other out is a thing of the past, according to Sinn Fein’s...
Beef
Speaking following reports by Agriland yesterday that authorities in Brazil have closed three meat processing plants and put another 21 under...
Agri Politics
The passing of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada by the European Parliament this...
Pig/Poultry
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, must look at the prospect of changing the legislation governing free-range or organic status...