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Farmers urged to protect payments on burned land
Declan O’Brien
Farmers need to report the fire to the Gardaí to help build a case for Force Majeure.
2 May 2025 News
INHFA questions whether nature restoration targets can be met without farmland
The association has called on Minister of State for nature Christopher O’Sullivan to provide clarity around the requirements under the Nature Restoration Law.
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.
Concerns over re-use of ACRES scorecards
The INHFA has warned that ACRES scorecards cannot become a 'stick to beat farmers with' into the future.
9 April 2025 News
INHFA wants mineral soils red-lined out of GAEC 2 rules
The hill farmers’ group has presented what it called a ‘fair solution’ to implementing GAEC 2.
1 April 2025 News
Heydon's GAEC 2 comments labelled 'misleading and incorrect'
INHFA takes issue with Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon, in an open letter to all Oireachtas members.
9 March 2025 News
Farmers in GAEC 2 will continue ‘normal agricultural activity’ - Heydon
Minister Heydon was responding to a question from Deputy Danny Healy-Rae in the Dáil on Wednesday, who had been in attendance at an Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association protest at Agriculture House.
6 March 2025 News
In pictures: hill farmers protest at Agriculture House
Members of the Irish Hill Farmers Association and Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association spoke about the issues of some mineral soil being classified as peatland.
4 March 2025 News
Watch: INHFA protests over GAEC 2
“This is our house and don’t forget it,” was the message from former president of the INHFA Colm O’Donnell at a protest by the farm organisation over GAEC 2 regulations at Agriculture House.
4 March 2025 News
INHFA to protest in Dublin over GAEC 2 rules
INHFA president Vincent Roddy said that the imposition of the new rules on over 100,000ha of mineral soils would be “catastrophic”.
3 March 2025 News
INHFA takes issue with Heydon over GAEC 2 rules
The imposition of GAEC 2 rules on over 100,000ha of mineral soils has been described as a “catastrophic” decision by the INHFA.
26 February 2025 News
ACRES: ‘No other sector of society would accept this’ – INHFA
The association called on the Department, as 15,000 farmers are still awaiting payments from the 2023 and 2024 sections of the scheme.
21 February 2025 News