Agri Politics
'You're either standing with farmers or standing against farmers' - TD
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, is being called upon to answer questions in relation to...
Michael Healy-Rae
Agri-Business
Healy-Rae: State funding for An Taisce should be stopped
A Kerry TD has called on the government to immediately stop state funding for An Taisce following a Supreme Court...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser and feed loans set a 'very worrying precedent' - TD
Farmers that have to take out loans to cover the current high costs of fertiliser and feed is setting a...
Rural Life
Taoiseach: No legislation on smoky fuel planned for this Dáil session
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that “nothing will be forced on people immediately” and that “there is no legislation for...
Rural Life
'I want people to realise this will be like the water charges' - Healy-Rae on smoky fuel ban
Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae says he wants people to realise that the potential nationwide ban on the selling and use...
Rural Life
Cost of road tax on a quad bike is 'scandalous' - Fitzmaurice
The cost of road tax on a quad bike is “scandalous” especially for the farming community, according to independent TD...
Agri Politics
Healy-Rae: All farmers should be paid BPS payments now and not in 'near future'
Farmers are being put into financial turmoil due to not receiving their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments yet, according to...
Rural Life
Carbon tax: 'Ordinary people do not have alternatives to heat their homes'
Sinn Féin TD Denise Mitchell has called for the government to reconsider the introduction of the carbon tax that is...
Rural Life
Government asked to 'use common sense for once' and allow pheasant shooting
Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae is hoping for the government to “use common sense for once” and allow pheasant shooting to...
Agri Politics
Healy-Rae: Government to make no changes to mart restrictions for 4 weeks
The government will not be making any changes to current Level 5 restrictions for marts for a minimum of four...
Rural Life
Hare coursing: Licences that were issued 'should be revalidated from today'
Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae has asked for hare coursing licences that were granted before Level 5 to be revalidated from...
Rural Life
'I received 72 calls telling me what was wrong with the budget' - Healy-Rae
Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae said he “received 72 calls telling me what was wrong the budget”, adding that it is...
Rural Life
'Government will not tell people that they cannot burn their own turf in their own fire'
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has given his assurances to independent TD Michael Healy-Rae that the government “will certainly not tell people...
Rural Life
Healy-Rae: Bill to ban hare coursing 'nothing more than a publicity-seeking stunt'
Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae has said he will not only oppose RISE TD Paul Murphy’s new bill that seeks to...
Forestry
Timber industry 'sourcing trees from Russia' due to objector logjam - Healy-Rae
The Irish timber industry is currently sourcing trees from Russia as one-third of Irish saw mills’ consumption is tied up...
Rural Life
Healy-Rae to request government funding for aquariums in Ireland
Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae will be requesting the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Barry Cowen, to provide funding for...
Beef
'Where do they stand?' - Rural TDs call for Mercosur Dáil vote
A number of rural independent TDs are calling for a debate and a vote to take place in the Dáil on...
Beef
4 movement rule 'a private arrangement' between MII and IFA
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has moved to distance himself and his department from an...