Environment
High Court begins hearing An Taisce nitrates case
The High Court has today (Tuesday, December 12) begun hearing a legal challenge against the government’s fifth Nitrates Action Programme...
High Court
Environment
First sitting of new planning and environment division of High Court
A new division of the High Court which will deal only with planning and environmental cases had its ceremonial first...
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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
Campaigners: Gort Biogas plant 'no longer a threat'
Campaigners have claimed that plans by An Board Pleanála to grant permission to build an industrial scale biogas facility in...
Rural Life
Farmer challenges factory expansion over stormwater discharge
A Co. Limerick farmer has begun a legal challenge in the High Court against a decision to grant planning to...
Environment
High Court judge dismisses Kilkenny wind farm challenge
By Gordon Deegan A challenge mounted by locals against a large-scale €175 million wind farm, and opposed by Kilkenny hurling great, Henry Shefflin, has...
Agri-Business
High Court approves Larry Goodman rescue plan for Barryroe
The High Court has approved a rescue package for Barryroe Offshore Energy Plc. which will involve a company controlled by...
Agri-Business
Larry Goodman company set to invest over €6m in Barryroe
A Jersey-based company controlled by beef processing businessman Larry Goodman is set to invest over €6 million in Barryroe Offshore...
Environment
FIE considering appeal after Food Vision 2030 case dismissed
Environmental group Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) has said that it is considering an appeal after its challenge to...
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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
High Court: Mother and son in dispute over house and land
By Aodhan O’Faolain A dispute between a mother and son over a Co. Kilkenny-based property that includes a guesthouse and...
Agri-Business
Cost of alleged fraud at scandal-hit Bóthar reaches €1.2m
By Gordon Deegan The cost to scandal-hit charity, Bóthar, of identified alleged fraud and related legal and other costs now...
Agri-Business
Mountbellew Mart has licence restored in High Court
MountBellew Mart in Co. Galway will reopen for business again on Saturday (February 18) following a decision by the president of the...
Rural Life
High Court challenge to Kilkenny wind farm on Coillte land
By Gordon Deegan A residents’ group is seeking to challenge, in the High Court, plans for a large-scale €175 million...
Agri-Business
Banagher Chilling planning process ongoing for 41 months - TD
The planning process for the proposed Banagher Chilling meat processing facility has now been ongoing for around three-and-a-half years, a...
Agri-Business
Judge rules that horse feed case should be heard in Ireland
A legal case over an alleged contamination ingredient for horse feed will not be heard by courts in England, the...
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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...
Agri-Business
Case taken by farmer and bovine embryologist dismissed in High Court
By Gordon Deegan A farmer and bovine embryologist has lost a claim for personal damages and €75,000 loss of earnings...
Rural Life
Edenderry Mart ordered to pay farmer €75,000 in damages
Edenderry livestock mart in Co. Offaly has been found negligent by the high court in relation to an incident in...
Rural Life
Farmer loses disputed Capital Gains Tax case with Revenue
By Gordon Deegan A farmer left bereft over a council compulsorily purchasing farmland for €2.85 million has lost out to...
Agri-Business
Cowen: Government needs to deliver on planning reform
Fianna Fáil TD for Laois-Offaly, Barry Cowen, has claimed that Ireland’s international business reputation is being damaged by uncertainty around...