Nutrients

How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

Tirlán supplier Séamus Brennan is in derogation and using the Farming for Water EIP to draw down funding to create new water quality measures on his land.

NEWS 29 December 2025

How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

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Sixth Nitrates Action Programme published

Sixth Nitrates Action Programme published

NEWS 8 December 2025

Opinion: farming needs to own its own issues, but can't accept blame for others

Opinion: farming needs to own its own issues, but can't accept blame for others

OPINION 29 November 2025

No complaints about slurry ban, says Muir

No complaints about slurry ban, says Muir

No complaints about slurry ban, says Muir

NORTHERN IRELAND 26 November 2025

Funding of €700,000 to restore Lady's Island lake in Wexford

Funding of €700,000 to restore Lady's Island lake in Wexford

Funding of €700,000 to restore Lady's Island lake in Wexford

NEWS 21 November 2025

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What do the draft NAP proposals mean for dairy farms?

What do the draft NAP proposals mean for dairy farms?

After the recent publishing of the draft sixth nitrates action programme, Daire Cregg looks at how the proposals could impact farmers.

MANAGEMENT 1 October 2025

New NAP group to report in ‘early 2026’

New NAP group to report in ‘early 2026’

The new group has been tasked with bringing forward new proposed revisions to the Nutrients Action Programme in NI.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 October 2025

UFU votes no confidence in DAERA

UFU votes no confidence in DAERA

Members of the UFU "have zero confidence in DAERA’s willingness or ability", its president William Irvine has said.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 October 2025

Support for net zero is close to net zero

Support for net zero is close to net zero

At a local UFU meeting in Omagh last week, applause was solely reserved for those who effectively called for farmers to boycott all net zero requirements.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 October 2025

Planning reform is part of the solution

Planning reform is part of the solution

The current block on planning for new slurry storage is in many ways, self-defeating

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 October 2025

News round-up from Northern Ireland

News round-up from Northern Ireland

Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 October 2025

Brosnan to chair NAP group in NI

Brosnan to chair NAP group in NI

An independent external facilitator has been appointed to a group tasked with agreeing a way forward around the Nutrients Action Programme

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 October 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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