Rural Life
Celebrate Ireland's peatlands this International Bog Day
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) will hold a special event at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre in Lullymore,...
Rural Life
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) will hold a special event at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre in Lullymore,...
Environment
Funding of €290,000 has been announced today (Wednesday, July 5), for 24 local community groups and organisations to support projects...
Environment
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has said it is “appalled” that the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 is set to be...
Agri-Business
In the midlands, 50 farmers with land adjacent to bogs have been part of the FarmPEAT European Innovation Partnerships (EIP)...
Environment
A new primary school programme to deepen local connections to peatland habitats has been launched by Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Rural Life
The mapping of peat soils around the country, which is currently being carried out by the Department of Agriculture, Food...
Environment
Macra has said that it “is greatly concerned” with the level of debate around the EU Nature Restoration law which...
Environment
Farmers at a meeting in Co. Mayo last night (Monday, May 16) told politicians and farm organisation representatives that rewetting...
Environment
A workshop at Gurteen College, Co. Tipperary hosted by the new Teagasc Climate Centre and the ReWet project (Teagasc and...
Environment
A major new project aims to investigate how artificial intelligence (AI) can “monitor and protect” Ireland’s peatlands and boost biodiversity...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is proposing to enter into a data sharing agreement with the...
Rural Life
Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, has today (Monday, March 27) announced a fund of €500,000...
Environment
The potential for land-use change on Irish peatlands and land under forest cover is low, according to the recently published...
Horticulture
Despite only covering 3% of the world’s land area, peatlands store about 30% of the all terrestrial carbon, a function...
Agri-Business
The Taoiseach has told the Dáil today (Wednesday, February 1) that a memo will be brought to Cabinet “very soon”...
Agri-Business
Europe has lost “a lot of nature and services” which is why the EU Nature Restoration Law is a “proposal...
Environment
The Climate Action Plan 2023, which was published yesterday (Wednesday, December 21) has set out a number of actions to...
Environment
Afforestation has been a major driver of drainage and land use change on Irish peatlands as peat soils account for...