Forestry
The Irish Timber Growers Association (ITGA) forestry and timber yearbook for 2025 has been officially launched this week.
The opening of the Sustainable Forest Harvesting Machinery Grant under the Innovative Forest Technology Scheme 2023-2027 has been announced.
Rural Life
Green Party election candidate and Minister of State, Pippa Hackett has said that DAFM "took too many" farmers into ACRES.
Agri Politics
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Pippa Hackett has said that she is facing an "uphill battle" in the general election.
A new forestry research project, AshforFuture, aimed at preserving and reviving ash trees in Ireland, was officially launched today
Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity Pippa Hackett has launched two reports from the Timber in Construction Steering Group.
Agri-Business
Bord Bia has revealed the winners of the National Organic Awards, which included an award for the...
Beef
Progress on securing market access for Irish beef to Thailand has been made through the agreement of a veterinary health certificate.
Minister of State Pippa Hackett, will lead Ireland’s agri-food trade mission to Thailand and Vietnam in cooperation with Bord Bia this week.
Minister of State Pippa Hackett has today (Friday, September 20), addressed the first-ever National Youth Food Summit.
Proposals are sought for training projects that will expand the knowledge and capacity of various groups in the forestry sector.
Environment
Ministers Charlie McConalogue, Martin Heydon and Pippa Hackett have welcomed the Annual Review by the Climate Change Advisory Council.
Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity Pippa Hackett will address the United Nations FAO Committee on Forestry about agroforestry.
Minister Hackett has said she is prepared to 'hammer on doors' for nature restoration funding now that the law is in place
Two candidates have put their names forward to become the next leader of the Green Party as the...
Minister Pippa Hackett has confirmed that she will run to become the next leader of the Green Party following Eamon Ryan's resignation
Minister of State Pippa Hackett has said the "vast majority" of ash dieback owners is "very happy" with the reconstitution scheme in place.
Unchecked plants and plant products 'pose a risk', the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has warned.
The Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage is currently inviting tenders for a study on mass engineered timber (MET).
Minister of State at the DAFM, Pippa Hackett has heard from growers about their key challenges and issues in the sector.
Plant pests "know no borders" and trade can facilitate the introduction of plant pests a minister has warned.
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Pippa Hackett has concluded the first phase of a US trade mission.
Sinn Féin spokesperson for agriculture, Claire Kerrane has slammed the government’s failure to deliver a strategy to address ash dieback.
