Rewetting
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on 07 Apr 2021
Biogenic methane target needed or national herd faces a cut – Department
An internal document from the Department of Agriculture argues that the national herd will have to be reduced by millions if a separate target for biogenic methane is not granted.
Amy Forde on 10 Mar 2021
Farmers can’t be hoodwinked in future schemes – INHFA
Farmers in the late nineties were sold a pig in a bag in a well-funded REPS scheme brought in on the back of SAC and SPA designations, according to the INHFA.
Niall Hurson on 03 Mar 2021
‘Inescapable contradiction’ in Bord na Móna’s position on rewetting
ICMSA acknowledged the company’s commitment to work with adjoining landowners, but raised queries around their position.
Barry Cassidy on 23 Feb 2021
IFA meets with Bord na Móna on bog rewetting plans
Over the next four years Bord na Móna plans to rewet 82 bogs, with 19 earmarked for work in 2021.
Amy Forde on 17 Feb 2021
Bord na Móna rewetting 'cannot impact on neighbouring land'
'You can’t compensate people for taking their land off them forever more,' the IFA's Francie Gorman has said.
Amy Forde on 16 Feb 2021
Rushe on rewetting: ‘if you’re not sitting at the table, you’re on the menu’
"We want to make sure that farmers' land doesn’t end up being designated by a back door," IFA deputy president Brian Rushe told a farmer meeting on bog rewetting on Tuesday night.
Niall Hurson on 15 Feb 2021
Opportunity for farmers to voice their opinion on bog rewetting
The IFA meeting will allow farmers to discuss the Bord na Móna peatlands climate action scheme.
Amy Forde on 10 Feb 2021
Farmers raise serious concerns over Bord na Móna rewetting plans
Amy Forde speaks to farmers in Co Offaly about Bord na Móna plans to rewet bogs.
Amy Forde on 10 Feb 2021
IFA receives assurances on rewetting, ICMSA calls for land survey
The IFA has said it has received assurances from Bord na Móna that its rewetting plans won't affect farmers' land, while the ICMSA has called for a baseline survey to be carried out.
Amy Forde on 10 Feb 2021
Listen: rewetting - we won't block boundary drains with farms – Bord na Móna
Bord na Móna will begin rehabilitating 30,000ha of its bogs this year with the aim of turning them into carbon sinks, with rewetting part of the process.
Barry Cassidy on 10 Feb 2021
Weekly Podcast: Brexit trouble for bull buyers and rewetting bogs
In this week’s podcast, we hear why Brexit spells trouble for UK buyers at pedigree sales and we bring you the latest on Bord na Móna’s proposals to rewet thousands of acres of bogs.
Amy Forde on 10 Feb 2021
Drystock farmers must not be discriminated against in organics scheme – ICSA
An ICSA delegation met with Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Pippa Hackett on Tuesday.
Barry Cassidy on 08 Feb 2021
Farmers seek input to Bord na Móna rewetting plans
The IFA has said communication and engagement with farmers will be key to the success of Bord na Móna’s peatland rehabilitation projects.
on 30 Dec 2020
IFA meets Bord na Móna on impact of bog restoration projects
IFA meets Bord na Móna to discuss rewetting programme.
Niall Hurson on 16 Dec 2020
IFA raises bog rewetting concerns with Bord na Móna
The delegation highlighted the potential impact of the programme on neighbouring farmland with Bord na Móna.
Amy Forde on 07 Dec 2020
Restoring peatlands must be 'central' to green recovery in NI – RSPB
According to the RSPB in Northern Ireland, 86% of peatlands have been damaged.
Amy Forde on 06 Dec 2020
Drain blocking among the actions for Bord na Móna bog scheme
Some 33,000ha of bog which was previously used for peat extraction is to be rewet by Bord na Móna under a new bog rehabilitation scheme.
Amy Forde on 11 Nov 2020
Farmed peatland rewetting scheme to open in 2021
Measures in the rewetting scheme will include water table management, appropriate grazing regimes and the restoration of riparian areas.
Lorcan Allen on 04 Nov 2020
Honesty needed on the complexity of rewetting peat soils
Lorcan Allen travelled to Carrownagappul Bog near Mountbellew, Co Galway, to learn about the experiences of successfully rewetting a bog.
Amy Forde on 21 Oct 2020
Soil study to identify lands for rewetting
The Department of Agriculture has revealed what will be involved in the national soil sampling programme and more details on the €10m scheme to pay tillage farmers to plough in straw.