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Forestry
Storms flatten over 26,000ha of trees
Donal Magner
The detailed mapping assessment was carried out using imagery acquired from the Sentinel and SkySat satellite constellations.
23 April 2025 Feature
Paying for defence and simplifying the CAP
The much-maligned Irish ACRES scheme came in for a lot of praise as being among the more successful European environmental schemes.
20 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Farmers warned to control noxious weeds now
Ragwort, dock, thistle, common barberry, wild hop and wild oat are all noxious weeds.
IFA negotiates new landowner payment agreements with ESB and EirGrid
One covers compensation and goodwill payments to landowners for the refurbishment and upgrade of existing overhead electric lines, the other is in relation to the placing of new underground cables.
10 April 2025 News
CPOs at Cliffs of Moher ‘an attempt to intimidate and bully’ – IFA
The association was strongly objecting to draft report recommendations that Clare County Council would use such powers as an option to confiscate private land from farmers on the famous coastal walk.
1 April 2025 News
Zoned land tax deadline next week
The RZLT is a 3% annual tax on land that is zoned for residential use, and suitable for developments with the aim to encourage the generation of land that could be used for housing.
26 March 2025 News
Capping brings new dynamic to payments
A progressive cap is to be applied to the new Farm Sustainability Payment.
19 March 2025 Northern Ireland
A step back in time at Johnstown Castle
Wexford’s wonderful Irish Agricultural Museum is preserving and reviving stories of rural Ireland, writes Rosalind Skillen.
12 March 2025 Features
Applications open hare’s corner biodiversity initiative
The hare’s corner initiative, run by Burrenbeo Trust in conjunction with Offaly Biodiversity Office, is open for applications for landowners in Offaly, Limerick, Galway, Carlow, Sligo and Meath.
11 March 2025 Climate and environment
Farmers urged to act on RZLT application before deadline
Following intensive lobbying on the residential zoned land tax last year, then-Minister for Finance Jack Chambers announced an exemption for landowners in Budget 2025.
3 March 2025 News
New €500,000 partnership for nature restoration
The project, announced at the Lions Club National Convention in Tullamore on Friday, has been allocated €250,000 per year will be allocated for 2025 and 2026, to support restoration projects.
28 February 2025 Climate and environment
Sinn Féin calls for hedge-cutting exemption
One of the main factors for power outages was trees falling on power lines and blocking access to power lines.
25 February 2025 News