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Agri-Business
Withdrawal of EU pesticide law is 'act of insanity' - MEP
An Irish MEP has slammed a decision to withdraw “a landmark law” to reduce pesticide use across the European Union...
Agri-Business
An Irish MEP has slammed a decision to withdraw “a landmark law” to reduce pesticide use across the European Union...
biodiversity
BirdWatch Ireland has said it will be “critical” that the government increases its “current budget spending” on biodiversity. The organisation’s...
Tillage
MEPs representing ‘Green’ and environmental parties will call on European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen to intervene, and stop...
Agri-Business
A new generation of farmers and foresters must be paid to protect nature, as well as providing food and wood,...
Agri-Business
Green Party MEPs have called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue to vote against a...
Organics
Minister of State with responsibility for land use and biodiversity, Pippa Hackett welcomed a proposal today (Friday, September 29) for...
Rural Life
The Green Party has “warmly welcomed” the decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for the proposed Shannon...
Rural Life
The Green Party is proposing practical measures to bring vacant and derelict buildings back into use. The Dereliction and Building...
Agri Politics
The Green Party is the latest political party to respond to the news today (Wednesday, July 12) that MEPs have...
Environment
A “minority” of farmers are to blame for certain water pollution issues but “many small farmers do no damage,” according...
Environment
The vote on the Nature Restoration Law in the European Parliament next month needs a “more ambitious outcome” according to...
Agri-Business
The is no mention of a compulsory purchase order (CPO) for lands in the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law, an...
Environment
Following the postponed voting session of the Nature Restoration Law in the European Parliament, the Green Party has announced that...
Agri Politics
The Beef Plan Movement (BPM) has responded with criticism to a recent statement by Green Party representative, Brian Leddin. The...
Environment
An independent TD has claimed that a lot of Green Party TDs live in “nice suburbs” and don’t “respect” what...
Agri-Business
Ireland should end live trade exports and “for as long as it exists” maximise the veterinary presence on all live exports...
Agri Politics
The report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss must be a “watershed moment” that forces the state to take protective...
Rural Life
Members of Cork County Council have today (Monday, January 9) strongly rejected a Green Party motion seeking to ban hare...