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Environment
Green diesel in crosshairs as Greens call out 'harmful subsidies'
The Green Party has homed in on “harmful subsidies” which include reduced rates of excise on marked “green” agricultural diesel,...
Environment
The Green Party has homed in on “harmful subsidies” which include reduced rates of excise on marked “green” agricultural diesel,...
Agri Politics
A review of the direction of the agricultural sector and the development of farmer-focused policies are the immediate agricultural priorities...
Beef
The Green Party’s agriculture spokesperson has said that “pitching small family farms against global giants in beef is totally unfair”....
Environment
The Green Party is calling on the implementation of a land use plan to “turn the tide on depressed prices...
Environment
The Green Party’s spokesperson on agriculture has been officially unveiled as a new member of Seanad Éireann, becoming the party’s third...
Agri Politics
The Green Party spokesperson for agriculture, Pippa Hackett, has been elected to the Seanad. Commenting earlier today, Friday, November 1,...
Rural Life
Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan has rejected calls to reintroduce wolves back into Ireland. The minister...
Beef
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has outlined that he will continue to prioritise live exports –...
Agri Politics
Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice took issue recently with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan’s statement that farmers...
Environment
With the success of the Green Party in the recently held local and European elections, the focus for its members...
Agri Politics
With the ‘Green wave’ rippling through some parts of the country in the aftermath of the local and European elections,...
Agri Politics
Concerns regarding the media response to the performance of the Green Party in the local and European elections have been...
Environment
Deputy Eamon Ryan, Green Party leader, told those gathered at a conference on the environment and ‘Just Transition’ earlier this...
Environment
The decision to cut a length of hedgerow along a railway line, despite a ban currently being in place, has...
Agri Politics
The matter of Just Transition and its impact on Bord na Móna workers was raised at the Joint Committee on Climate...
Agri Politics
The Green Party has called for the scrapping or postponement of the Electronic Identification (EID) tagging system for sheep. It accused...
Grass
Calls have been made for Irish farmers to start contemplating destocking by the leader of the Green Party, Eamon Ryan....
Opinion
By Pippa Hackett, an organic farmer based near Geashill in Co. Offaly, and the Green Party Spokesperson on Agriculture It will...