Agri-Business
As the horticulture sector works to move away from peat as a growing medium, Tiernaneill Mushrooms...
Environment
An Taisce is calling on Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Browne to provide...
The chief executives of Ireland’s local authorities should be "read the riot act" for failing to...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today (Thursday, June 26) published its report on...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified 10 specific sites last year for "enforcement"...
Researchers at the University of Galway have created a new way to find peat soil, giving insight...
Agri Politics
The Irish Natura Hill Farmers' Association (INHFA) has said that it is concerned that commitments...
Latest results from an ongoing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) project suggest that the level...
More than €500,000 will have been paid to farmers who participated in the results-based...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has requested that each local authority prepares...
A number of large peat extraction operations around the country are being investigated for possible...
'Hands off our land." That was the main message emerging from a farm talk in Co. Galway organised...
Two projects on peat forestry and fruit and vegetables, led by researchers at University of...
New research has suggested that peat soils cover 13% more area in Ireland when compared to...
Bord na Móna delivered an operating profit of €95.2 million for the financial year to March 2023...
Ireland has imported 172,000t of peat since 2016, including nearly 20,000t in the past year alone,...
Today, (Friday, May 24), the Connecting Communities with Peatlands project marks the end of its...
Five out of 11 sites identified by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) as National Priority...
The government's "inaction" to resolve peat supply issues for the horticulture sector, especially...
The level to which an area of reclaimed peat used for agriculture can be returned to its...
Rural Life
Labour shortages are a "major issue" in the horticulture sector, the chair of the Joint Oireachtas...
Almost 393,000t of Irish peat were exported last year, according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
A new fund worth €169 million which could help communities most impacted by the ending of...
