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New initiative focusing on farmer health and wellbeing in Inishowen
Anne O'Donoghue
The free programme - Fit4FarmLife - is being rolled out in Inishowen, Co Donegal, this month.
14 October 2024 News
Five farmer wellbeing events to take place around the country
The events - being held in Kildare, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Meath - are tailored to farmers and members of farm families.
14 October 2024 News
Tipperary Co-op ordered in court to pay €7,170 for River Ara pollution
Tipperary Co-op was found to have permitted or caused a harmful a discharge into the River Ara near Tipperary town.
State to buy 165ac in Kilkenny
Minister of State for nature Malcolm Noonan announced that the State will purchase just under 165ac land within and adjacent to the Cullahill Mountain SAC.
14 October 2024 News
Female farmers shouldn’t be supported with ‘pink washing’
The policies in place to support female farmers under the current CAP need to become an intrinsic part of farming, Maura Farrell of the University of Galway has said.
12 October 2024 News
Generational renewal conversation needs to include young women
When it comes to farm succession young women need to be looked on as equals to their male counterparts, Maura Farrell of the University of Galway has said.
11 October 2024 News
Expand ACRES to improve biodiversity - CCAC
The report outlined that national-level monitoring of farmland biodiversity is needed, as well as the expansion of the ACRES scorecard approach.
11 October 2024 News
Global company CycleØ plans to develop four AD plants in Ireland
CycleØ Group said it has initially identified sites for AD plants in Kildare, Cavan, Galway and Limerick.
10 October 2024 Renewables
Aurivo signs €36m milk, cream and butter deal with Tesco
Tesco said the renewal and expansion of its multi-year partnerships with Irish suppliers will amount to €200m.
10 October 2024 News
Public consultation on national parks launched
The initiative entitled ‘your parks, your say’ will remain open until the end of the year.
10 October 2024 News
ACRES momentum 'lost at local level'
Four public meetings were held across two weeks for farmers in the ACRES Burren Aran area, with separate clinics held on each of the islands.
9 October 2024 Schemes
€40/calf payment should go to the rearer – ICMSA
ICMSA president Denis Drennan said the payment – which was doubled in the budget - should go in full to the calf rearer.
9 October 2024 Schemes