Rural Life
TD queries NI 'agri-practices' and water quality in south
Waterways Ireland, the cross-border body which manages more than 1,000km of inland waterways, including rivers, should have more of a...
Rural Life
Waterways Ireland, the cross-border body which manages more than 1,000km of inland waterways, including rivers, should have more of a...
Rural Life
A 21-year-old student from Cork city who had never been on a farm in this country but who took to...
Rural Life
Uisce Éireann has introduced many drought-related restrictions throughout the country this week after a rise in temperatures. Met Éireann highlighted...
Dairy Technical
The temperatures across the country are starting to rise and farmers need to start looking at heat stress within their...
Environment
The Agriculture Water Quality Working Group had its first meeting in Portlaoise, Co. Laois to discuss reversing negative water quality...
Rural Life
The National Federation of Group Water Schemes (NFGWS) has urged its members to conserve water and use it wisely amid...
Rural Life
As temperatures increase and this week we recorded the hottest day of the year so far, Uisce Éireann has warned...
Dairy Technical
Summer appears to have arrived as temperatures are starting to rise, which means that ensuring that cows have access to...
Environment
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that global temperatures are likely to reach record levels within the next five...
Environment
A farmer from Co. Fermanagh has been fined £500 plus a £15 offender’s levy for polluting the Ballinamallard River below...
Environment
Environmental charity programme, Clean Coasts, has joined Uisce Éireann in urging the public to refrain from pouring fats, oils and...
N.Ireland
A Co. Fermanagh farmer has been convicted of making a polluting discharge to a waterway and has been fined £750...
N.Ireland
A Northern Irish food company has been fined for causing a discharge of trade effluent to enter a waterway, the...
Environment
The European Commission has referred Ireland to the highest court in Europe due to its failings on water and biodiversity....
Dairy Technical
Regularly cleaning the calf shed is important to ensure that the bacteria load placed on calves is kept as low...
Rural Life
People who use a group water supply scheme are being urged to check pipes for leaks in the wake of...
Buildings
The mild weather this back end looks set to leave, with cold weather about to take its place, bringing with...
Agri Politics
Nine amendments to the Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022 on behalf of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)...