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Farm tyre bring centres recycled ‘around 500,000 car tyres’

October 24, 2018

The agricultural tyre waste bring centres have collected “somewhere in the region of 4,200 – 4,300t of tyres”, which is said to be…

900t of farm tyres arrive for last leg of recycling initiative

October 22, 2018

Environment

An estimated 400 farmers attended the final farm waste tyre bring centre, which took place in Gortdrum Mines, Monard, Co. Tipperary on Saturday…

Farmers focus on efficiency ‘dovetails’ with climate change report

October 10, 2018

Environment

“Ireland’s focus on improving efficiency in the agriculture sector dovetails with key proposals contained in the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.”…

Greenways: ‘Threatening compulsory land acquisitions’ will not work

July 20, 2018

Environment

Greenways will not work if threatening compulsory land acquisitions is the strategy used, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Environmental chairman Thomas…

More supports urged for low-emission slurry spreading equipment – as tanks fill up

January 4, 2018

Environment

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has been urged once again to increase the grant rate available for low-emission…

IFA backs calls for increased resources to improve water quality

August 31, 2017

Environment

Calls from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase resources in order to improve water quality have been backed by the Irish Farmers’…

Water supply project submissions request ‘minor’ reroutes

August 12, 2017

Rural Life

Many submissions to the fourth public consultation on the proposed East and Midlands Water Supply Project contained requests for minor pipeline reroutes, according…

‘Environment proposals are short-changing Irish farmers’

June 8, 2017

Environment

IFA (Irish Farmers’ Association) Environment Chairman Thomas Cooney is set to meet with senior representatives from the European Commission in Brussels today (Thursday,…

‘Farmers’ concerns should be put at centre of Greenways development’

January 31, 2017

Rural Life

Farmers’ concerns should be put at the centre of any future development along the Dublin to Galway Greenway, IFA Environment and Rural Affairs…

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