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Climate and environment
Significant investment needed to achieve climate targets – IFA
James Hanly
IFA environment chair John Murphy said that the fairest and most efficient way to support climate action is to incentivise and support farmers to adopt measures in the plan.
24 April 2025 Climate and environment
Co-ops and pig farms on EPA national priority site list for 2024
The system uses performance-based indicators to rank industrial and waste licensed sites in order of priority for enforcement with scores assigned under environmental performance and compliance.
23 April 2025 News
€9,000 payment available for cover crops
Significant payments are available for farmers under the Farming for Water EIP. The payments are available up to and including 2027.
Burren farm walks to begin in May
The 2025 festival will explore the Burren’s range of plants, flowers and birds, at the height of their seasonal splendour.
23 April 2025 Climate and environment
Rewetting actions in ACRES will have little impact - IFA
The 2025 Climate Action Plan proposed for farmers to receive additional payments for rewetting peat soils before the end of the year to help reach emissions targets.
23 April 2025 Climate and environment
Conflicted feelings: I complained about a local farmer spreading slurry
A few days after the complaint, a tractor pulled into my yard. A man stepped out. I suppose I already knew how the conversation was going to unfold, writes Ray O Foghlú.
23 April 2025 Climate and environment
Habitats Directive report to set baseline for Nature Restoration Law
The last report submitted under the Habitats Directive found that 15% of habitats covered were in bad condition, 46% were in inadequate condition and 15% were in favourable condition.
23 April 2025 Climate and environment
IFA chair calls on Department to investigate alternatives to splash plate ban
A motion brought forward by the IFA Tipperary county chair, Baden Powell, against the ban on splash plate slurry spreaders for hill farmers has received the full support of the other county chairs.
20 April 2025 Climate and environment
Spot spraying can reduce inputs and improve efficiency
Spot spraying is here and can be used at field scale. It has the potential to save on inputs, but for now is probably limited to large-scale farms.
20 April 2025 News
ACRES scheme to feature new rewetting measure
Farmers could be offered funding to cut land use emissions under a series of commitments listed in the updated Climate Action Plan.
16 April 2025 Climate and environment
Rewetting option for ACRES farmers later this year
Work is also underway to find out how private funding could be used to get carbon farming off the ground.
16 April 2025 Climate and environment
INHFA calls for investigation into EU funding of NGOs
This comes after a statement from the European Commission that acknowledged how funding for the EU LIFE programme may have funded “undue lobbying activities” by environmental NGOs.
16 April 2025 Climate and environment