Agri Politics
'Legal limbo' over harvesting of peat moss for horticulture - Cahill
Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill has said stakeholders have been left in ‘legal limbo’ in relation to the harvesting of...
Agri Politics
Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill has said stakeholders have been left in ‘legal limbo’ in relation to the harvesting of...
Environment
Senator Victor Boyhan has called for “more research and more time” before the phasing out of peat moss. Raising the...
Rural Life
According to Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy, if horticultural peat is not available in Ireland, then it will be “either...
Environment
Despite a number of costs generated from Bord na Móna’s “strategic transition to a low-carbon business”, the company’s net loss...
Environment
Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy has said that “decarbonisation is no longer a buzzword; it’s a reality” as rural areas...
Environment
The European Commission has referred Ireland to the EU Court of Justice over what it calls the country’s failure to...
Rural Life
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan has expressed her shock and disappointment at the decision of Bord na Móna to...
Tillage
Growing Media Ireland (GMI) – a body which represents the majority of the country’s privately-owned producers of horticulture peat –...
Rural Life
The potential of transforming the West Offaly and Lough Ree power plants into “an energy hub” is one of the...
Rural Life
Bord na Móna has confirmed that its applications for leave to apply for substituted consent have been granted by An...
Rural Life
Thousands of jobs in the horticulture sector are under threat due to the current prohibition of peat harvesting on all...
Rural Life
An Bord Peanála’s “indecision” on a Bord na Móna (BNM) peat extraction application has been described as “scandalous” by independent...
Rural Life
Midlands workers affected by the impending closure of two major power plants in the region will have received little clarity...
Environment
The Government-supported closure of the country’s peat industry over the next 13 months will have “no direct impact” in offsetting...
Environment
Figures released this week by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) category have revealed what counties...
Agri-Business
Bord na Mona’s (BNM’s) €40 million voluntary redundancy scheme has officially closed to applications from workers. In a statement to...
Agri-Business
The planning application to co-fire the ESB’s West Offaly Power Station with peat and biomass has been lodged to An Bord Pleanala,...
Agri Politics
Fianna Fail TD Barry Cowen has called for Ireland to imitate Spain’s approach to dealing with fossil-fuel redundancies, in response...