The Rural Independent Group of TDs is calling on the government to provide a hardship support scheme for pig farmers,...
January 13, 2022
The leader of the Rural Independent Group has claimed that rising energy prices are due to “zealous and poorly planned...
The leader of the Rural Independent Group has called for a Dáil debate on the decision to sell part of...
December 23, 2021
Rural communities “will be the big loser” in the Climate Action Plan 2021, according to one group of independent TDs....
November 5, 2021
2022 budgetary measures “must provide a concrete commitment to rural and regional equity and terminate government-inflicted urban bias”, the Rural...
October 6, 2021
The Rural Independent Group is calling on the Department of Agriculture to “finally resolve” the forestry crisis. TD for Cork...
September 20, 2021
The intense criticism of An Taisce is continuing after the environmental group announced its intention to seek leave to appeal...
August 12, 2021
The government must “wake up and intervene” to remove the threat of post offices closing, according to the Rural Independent...
June 22, 2021
TDs have “turned their backs on rural Ireland and on family farms” by voting through the Climate Action Bill, the...
June 17, 2021
A group of TDs has claimed that the Climate Action Bill, which is set to be passed by the Dáil...
June 15, 2021
The Rural Independents Group of TDs has slammed the move by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue...
June 5, 2021
Members of the Oireachtas (Dáil and Seanad) have been offered a second chance to make a submission to the consultation...
By Gordon Deegan The plant-hire and civil engineering company owned by outspoken independent Kerry TD and farmer, Danny Healy-Rae, enjoyed post-tax profits of €444,714...
May 19, 2021
A motion brought forward by the Rural Independent Group for “supporting rural Ireland” was voted against last night (Wednesday, May...
May 13, 2021
The new climate bill – an “agri and rural bashing bill” – will “kill the economy while doing nothing to...
April 20, 2021
Members of the Rural Independents group of TDs have said they are “profoundly alarmed” at the decision by KBC Bank...
April 19, 2021
The ‘Rural Independents’ group of TDs has called on the government and the Central Bank to ensure valid insurance claims...
February 9, 2021
The government’s “messy and chaotic approach will cause widespread isolation” over the Christmas period, according to the Rural Independent Group....
December 23, 2020
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