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Agri-Business
Senator: Agriculture industry needs 'more women involved'
A Fine Gael senator has called for a debate in the Seanad on how to increase the number of women...
Agri-Business
A Fine Gael senator has called for a debate in the Seanad on how to increase the number of women...
Agri Politics
Former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, has warned that there are “big farmers who have to address policy issues –...
Agri-Business
A senator is calling for a debate to take place in the Seanad next week to discuss the challenges currently...
Rural Life
The government has opposed a bill which was presented by a group of senators earlier this week to “save” the...
Agri-Business
The need for a temporary extension for farmers to cut hedges beyond March 1 this year due to recent wet...
Agri-Business
A senator has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue to intervene in a dispute between...
Environment
Many farmers cannot move forward on Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) projects because they “cannot get the approvals required”,...
Agri-Business
A draft revised final Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) map will be published on February 1, 2024, Minister of State...
Forestry
A new national forestry authority is needed in Ireland to “restore confidence” in the sector, according to the Independent Senator...
Agri-Business
Bord Bia has warned that “high standards of animal welfare” throughout the supply chain “are vital to maintaining the positive...
Agri Politics
A new bill will help strengthen the position of “farmers, fishers and suppliers in the agri-food supply chain” against larger...
Veterinary
The Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023 has completed passage through the Seanad, with the amendments...
Rural Life
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture has asked that issues of environmental contamination at Dan Brennan’s farm in Co. Kilkenny...
Rural Life
A number of ministers have been called on by a senator to appear in the Seanad to answer questions on...
Agri-Business
Some farming policy choices made by the EU and Ireland were not the right ones and some went too far,...
Dairy
Ireland may not have a nitrates derogation after 2025, according to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue....
Agri-Business
The Seanad has heard that planning exemptions for solar panels on farm buildings will be finalised “in the coming months”....
Agri-Business
The average price of all fertiliser has risen by 72% in a year, the Seanad has heard. “Every single farmer...