N.Ireland
Growers warn peat ban could wipe out NI's £46 million mushroom industry
Northern Ireland growers have warned a ban on peat proposed in the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs’ (DAERA’s)...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland growers have warned a ban on peat proposed in the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs’ (DAERA’s)...
Rural Life
The issue of peat shortages in the horticulture sector will come under the spotlight at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...
Environment
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has written to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and...
Video
A number of representatives from the horticulture sector demonstrated outside the Convention Centre in Dublin where the Dáil is currently...
Agri Politics
A “lack of decisive action” by various government departments has “led to a crisis of systemic and overwhelming proportions for...
Agri Politics
Issues affecting the mushroom and wider horticulture sector were to the fore in a recent meeting between Minister for Housing,...
Environment
Almost 70% of peat bogs were in the western counties of Donegal, Kerry, Galway and Mayo in 2018, according to...
Agri Politics
The security of compost availability following Bord na Móna’s decision to halt peat harvesting has been queried by Labour Party...
Rural Life
A TD has said that reserves of peat in the country will be depleted “by August or September” which, he...
Agri Politics
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan has said that the government must commit to introducing legislation that would exempt peat...
Agri Politics
Research and innovation “must be applied” to find alternatives to peat for the horticultural Industry – but in the meantime...
Rural Life
Rules and regulations from the EU on issues such as veterinary medicine, climate change and biodiversity have been slammed as...
Environment
“It is a bit of an absolute nonsense, in one sense, for people to have to rely on imported peat,”...
Environment
TD Jackie Cahill yesterday (Thursday, February 4) rebuked the decision to shut down peat production in Ireland while importing peat...
Environment
Independent TD Carol Nolan has said the announcement by Bord na Móna that it will permanently cease all peat harvesting...
Rural Life
One of Ireland’s leading nursery owners has contended that thousands of jobs are at risk in the Irish horticulture industry...
Environment
The council of EU energy ministers has endorsed an agreement hammered out with the European Parliament for a €17.5 billion...
Environment
Following the announcement today (Tuesday, November 24) that cabinet had approved €108 million in funding for a bog rehabilitation plan...