Rural Life
ESB 'turning its back' on midlands with plant closures
The ESB is “turning its back” on the midlands with its decision to close two power plants, according to independent...
Rural Life
The ESB is “turning its back” on the midlands with its decision to close two power plants, according to independent...
Agri Politics
The latest round of approvals for 14 additional meat factories in Ireland to begin exporting beef to China must bear...
Beef
To date in 2019, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine has conducted 499 unannounced inspections in 32 beef factories...
Agri Politics
Bord na Móna’s announcement on the next phase of its restructuring towards decarbonisation has been criticised by independent TD Michael...
Environment
It is disappointing that calls to date to extend the deadline for slurry spreading have – so far – been...
Agri Politics
The family farm is “under threat like never before” because of the ongoing dispute, according to independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice....
Agri Politics
It is highly regrettable that individual farmers have been named in High Court injunctions brought forward by certain meat processors,...
Rural Life
Government funding for environmental lobby groups should be cut if “the constant stream of objections to proposals continues”, according to...
Rural Life
The Department for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has come in for criticism from a TD in the west of...
Agri Politics
The decision by members of Meat Industry Ireland (MII) to resort to legal action in an effort to remove protests...
Rural Life
It has been claimed by a prominent rural TD that some Bord na Móna personnel are driving an “agenda” to...
Agri-Business
Yesterday’s protest in Dublin organised by the Beef Plan Movement “needs to be the beginning of a rural revival”, according...
Rural Life
A number of rural TDs have strongly criticised the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, for remarks he made yesterday, Wednesday, July 3,...
Agri Politics
Concerns regarding whispers from sources close to Government that it will soon be mandatory for farmers to plant some forestry...
Agri Politics
The Government’s Climate Action Plan has been criticised as a “savage attack” on rural Ireland by independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice,...
Beef
The inclusion of a ‘production reduction’ condition in the distribution of the €100 million beef aid package has been heavily...
Agri Politics
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has been criticised by independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice regarding recent comments...
Agri Politics
Concerns regarding the media response to the performance of the Green Party in the local and European elections have been...