Rural Life
€30m in emergency funding for local and regional road network
The government today (Friday, May 31) announced an emergency investment of €30 million to support Local Authorities in the maintenance...
Rural Life
The government today (Friday, May 31) announced an emergency investment of €30 million to support Local Authorities in the maintenance...
Rural Life
The Government has been accused of wasting a “great deal of time” before putting measures in place, particularly in relation...
Opinion
The final report from the Food Vision Tillage Group was expected to be published well before St. Patrick’s Day. Since...
Sheep
Government ministers across several departments will take Irish wool products with them to various countries on St. Patrick’s Day to...
Agri Politics
An overhaul of government policy is needed to place rural communities at the “core of decision-making”, according to the Rural...
Agri-Business
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and vice-president of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic are set to formally sign off the...
Agri-Business
The government has announced that the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS) will be extended until May 31, 2023 and...
Agri-Business
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Martin Heydon has said that he believes...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture should review the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets that have been set for Irish agriculture, despite...
Agri Politics
The president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA), Dermot Kelleher, has said that the government must now...
CAP / Schemes
The first call for applications has been opened under the government’s €100 million scheme for the agri-food sector. The scheme...
Rural Life
Older farmers aged over 70 can continue to work – but must be very careful about not coming into close...
Agri-Business
Agricultural stores supplying animal feed, medicines and bedding, as well as shops supplying farming equipment, have been listed among stores...
Agri-Business
Self-employed workers – including farmers – will be entitled to receive either illness benefit or non-means tested supplementary welfare allowance...
Agri Politics
Within the first six months of the incoming government “a full review” of the offspring from the dairy sector “needs...
Environment
A Climate Action Delivery Board has been established to drive the implementation of the Government’s Climate Action Plan, Minister for...
Agri Politics
Under the new Climate Action Plan the enterprise sector is being tasked with reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 10-15%...
Agri Politics
The establishment of five-year carbon budgets has been confirmed to be included as part of the Governments Climate Action Plan....