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Rural Life
Nursery owner says jobs at risk in horticulture industry
One of Ireland’s leading nursery owners has contended that thousands of jobs are at risk in the Irish horticulture industry...
Rural Life
One of Ireland’s leading nursery owners has contended that thousands of jobs are at risk in the Irish horticulture industry...
Environment
The council of EU energy ministers has endorsed an agreement hammered out with the European Parliament for a €17.5 billion...
Environment
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Agri Politics
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Environment
Senator Victor Boyhan has called for “more research and more time” before the phasing out of peat moss. Raising the...
Rural Life
According to Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy, if horticultural peat is not available in Ireland, then it will be “either...
Environment
Despite a number of costs generated from Bord na Móna’s “strategic transition to a low-carbon business”, the company’s net loss...
Environment
Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy has said that “decarbonisation is no longer a buzzword; it’s a reality” as rural areas...
Environment
The European Commission has referred Ireland to the EU Court of Justice over what it calls the country’s failure to...
Rural Life
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan has expressed her shock and disappointment at the decision of Bord na Móna to...
Tillage
Growing Media Ireland (GMI) – a body which represents the majority of the country’s privately-owned producers of horticulture peat –...
Rural Life
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Rural Life
Bord na Móna has confirmed that its applications for leave to apply for substituted consent have been granted by An...
Rural Life
Thousands of jobs in the horticulture sector are under threat due to the current prohibition of peat harvesting on all...
Rural Life
An Bord Peanála’s “indecision” on a Bord na Móna (BNM) peat extraction application has been described as “scandalous” by independent...
Rural Life
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Environment
The Government-supported closure of the country’s peat industry over the next 13 months will have “no direct impact” in offsetting...
Environment
Figures released this week by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) category have revealed what counties...