Rural Life
The work of the Dutch in helping to protect Irish peatlands was honoured at an event this week in...
Bord na Móna staff are to meet with farmers and landowners around the Mount Dillon, Erenagh area of Roscommon over concerns about planned rewetting works.
Environment
Ongoing uncertainty around GAEC 2 is "completely unacceptable" according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association’s (ICSA).
A project involving rewetting sections of a blanket bog near Mullagh in west Clare is aiming to boost biodiversity in the area.
Minister Christopher O’Sullivan has said that the national Nature Restoration Plan cannot be formed from 'a top-down approach'
A senior inspector with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has told farmers that GAEC 2 measures are "mandatory".
Agri-Business
ICSA has called for the Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon to reconsider the inclusion of mineral soils under GAEC 2
Agri Politics
Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has said that GAEC 2 will not have negative impacts on farmers.
DAFM has said actions to restore or potential rewetting of drained, farmed peatlands will be "entirely voluntary".
More than €500,000 will have been paid to farmers who participated in the FarmPEAT results-based agri-environmental programme
The FarmPEAT project will host its end-of-project conference and field trip next week, visiting two project farms in Clara, Co. Offaly
The Nature Restoration Law has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union and will enter into force in 20 days.
Minster Charlie McConalogue fielded questions on ACRES, greenways and the Nature Restoration Law at the AGM of the INHFA in recent days.
'Hands off our land." That was the main message emerging from a farm talk in Co. Galway organised by the IFA to discuss rewetting
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has reiterated his assurance to farmers that all nature restoration measures will be voluntary.
A group of independent TDs will bring forward a motion to the Dáil to ensure that rewetting will be voluntary for farmers.
The Green Party has published its local election manifesto which outlines actions such as...
An open call will be launched shortly, inviting a consortium to deliver on the objectives of the Midlands Carbon Catchment Study.
An event organised by the FarmPEAT project taking place on Clara Bog, Co. Offaly next week will discuss farming on peat soils.
Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway, Michael Fitzmaurice has voiced his concerns over the agreement of the EU Nature Restoration Law.
The EU Council and EU Parliament have reached a provisional political agreement on the controversial Nature Restoration Law.
A former commercially harvested bog in Co. Tyrone is set to be transformed into a demonstration hub for peatland restoration.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is currently recruiting a manager for the Wetlands Restoration Scheme.
