Agri-Business
FCI raises concerns over tractor driver licence changes
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has claimed that changes to the tractor driver licence category...
Agri-Business
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has claimed that changes to the tractor driver licence category...
Agri Politics
Irish MEPs are failing to stand up to the European Union and push back on the proposed Nature Restoration Law,...
Podcast
Go beyond the headlines with our podcast series – AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of...
Agri Politics
Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice has said that new rural party, Independent Ireland is prepared to “sit down” with any other...
Agri Politics
Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice has said that he will join the new political party established by fellow independent TDs Michael...
Rural Life
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice said that if the new housing guidelines published by the Department of Housing, Local Government and...
Agri Politics
As protests continue throughout Europe, Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA) general secretary Eddie Punch said that “the Brussels bubble”...
Agri Politics
The consequences of a delay in payments for some applicants to the Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) are “dire”...
Environment
Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway, Michael Fitzmaurice, has voiced his concerns over the agreement on the EU Nature Restoration Law. “This...
Rural Life
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has accused President Michael D Higgins of hypocrisy for his recent comments on flooding. President Higgins...
Environment
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) places a carbon tax on certain imported goods when production is “carbon intensive...
Beef
A TD has echoed calls from farmer representatives for an additional extension to the slurry spreading period, due to continuing...
Environment
A campaign calling on universities in both the UK and Ireland to introduce 100% plant-based catering is “nothing short of...
Environment
An independent TD has claimed that a lot of Green Party TDs live in “nice suburbs” and don’t “respect” what...
Agri Politics
Farmers are “nearly ashamed to say they are a farmer” in 2023, according to Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway, Michael Fitzmaurice....
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is working with industry to bring more alternatives to creosote to...
Agri-Business
The Taoiseach has told the Dáil today (Wednesday, February 1) that a memo will be brought to Cabinet “very soon”...
Environment
A TD has warned that rural Ireland has to be treated with greater respect if the State’s biodiversity policies are...