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Exclusive: mounting red tape could blow €3bn hole in rural economy
Anne O'Donoghue
The report examines the combined impact delivering a 25% reduction in emissions, the loss of the nitrates derogation and CAP changes could have.
24 July 2024 Viewpoints
Delays to housing and renewable projects
Delays in the planning system have made Irish Government targets for housing supply unattainable in recent years.
24 July 2024 News
Increased regulation hitting agricultural output
Michael Wallace, Professor of Agriculture and Food Economics at UCD, considers the implications of the findings of the KPMG report.
£46m for new agri-food processor grant scheme
The agri-food investment initiative will be open for applications until the end of 2025
24 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Future of the suckler cow discussion at Tullamore Farm open day
Adam Woods reports from Tullamore Farm ahead of the national suckler and sheep open day that is taking place today, Tuesday.
23 July 2024 News
Ireland’s population increase will make climate goals harder to reach
There are both positives and negatives in the scale of population growth expected.
19 July 2024 News
Farmers feel betrayed by Government's decision to scrap cow exit scheme
The Government's decision to scrap plans for a dairy cow cull scheme has been met with strong farmer views, with 56% of respondents disagreeing with the decision.
10 July 2024 News
Knock on impacts from Labour's UK victory
The governing legislation has turned out to be a Nimbies’ Charter, conferring veto powers on geographically small planning authorities sensitive to the objections of residents’ associations.
10 July 2024 Viewpoints
71% of consumers trust Irish dairy farmers to look after environment - NDC
Trust score up 6% year on year, according to the National Dairy Council.
10 July 2024 News
Ireland’s €14.5bn food exports in danger - ASA
The ASA has said that Ireland is facing a potential loss of between 750,000 and 1m hectares of food producing farmland.
8 July 2024 News
For Mercedes-Benz economy is more than the brand
The latest Mercedes-Benz hybrid cars deliver where it counts, in terms of economy and that converts to low running costs.
3 July 2024 Motors
Colm McCarthy's UK general election predictions
In the next parliament, the surviving Tories will include very few Europe-friendly politicians, many of whom were discarded by Boris Johnson before the 2019 election.
3 July 2024 Viewpoints