Rural Life
€1.5m grant scheme for traditional farm buildings opens
Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine, Martin Heydon, has announced the opening of the 2025 Traditional Farm Buildings...
Heritage Council
Rural Life
Boyhan: Recruitment of new heritage professionals 'very welcome'
Senator Victor Boyhan has said that a recruitment plan for heritage professionals recently announced is “very welcome”, which will see...
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Native Tree Area Scheme makes planting trees easier
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Rural Life
Watch: The art of thatch - Ireland's disappearing heritage industry
Master thatcher, John Brereton, who has been thatching since the age of 14, has claimed that the industry now faces...
Rural Life
Public callout to find Kilkenny holy wells and mass paths
Kilkenny County Council is appealing to locals across the county to help locate missing holy wells and mass paths for...
Rural Life
National Heritage Week to host a number of events for farm families
This year’s National Heritage Week programme is brimful of events to interest farm families. Taking place from Saturday, August 17...
CAP / Schemes
70 traditional farm buildings secured grant aid in 2023
70 buildings, along with several other related farm structures, were allocated funding under the Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme in...
Environment
Heritage Council seeks new biodiversity officer
The Heritage Council is currently recruiting for a biodiversity officer to help it achieve the aims set out in its...
Buildings
One week to apply for Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme
Applicants to the 2024 Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme (TFBS) have one week left to submit their applications. The scheme, which...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Rural Life
Rare hay barn restored to former glory in Cavan
Restoration works have recently been completed on an unusual style of hay barn that is located on a farm in...
Buildings
Gort sheep farmer's building repair provides roosting area for bats
A sheep farmer from Ballylee, Gort, Co. Galway who has just concluded work on her repair project under the latest...
Buildings
Three generations involved in granary repair
Three generations of the McGuinn family in Gurteen, Co. Sligo, were involved in one form or other in the repair...
Environment
200-year-old farm building repaired in class act
Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, suckler farmer, John Larkin and his family availed of the latest tranche of the Traditional Farm Buildings...
Environment
Daily farm walks to feature as part of Hedgerow Week 2023
The value of “healthy hedgerows” is highlighted as this year’s Hedgerow Week 2023 begins tomorrow (Friday, September 1), and will...
Rural Life
GLAS applications: The tips and the traps
The 2022 GLAS traditional farm buildings grant scheme is open for applications, with a closing date of February 22, at...
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RDS Announces Opening of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards
In its sixth year, the RDS Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards celebrates the work of individuals, farming families and...
Environment
Conservation preserves cowhouse for generations to come
The conservation and repair of a 19th century limestone and natural slate cowhouse in north Cork was facilitated by funding...
Environment
Laois buildings rescued from dereliction
Farm buildings, located at Srahan, Camross, Co. Laois, that had been slowly to rapidly deteriorating over the last 30 years, have...
Environment
Restoration goal achieved by Kilkenny farmer
Buildings at the birthplace of former Kilkenny All-Ireland winner Jimmy Kelly have been conserved under the Green, Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme...
Environment
New life breathed into Mayo granary under GLAS scheme
A Co. Mayo suckler and sheep farmer has renovated a granary under the Green, Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) traditional farm...