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Italian police arrest 12 involved in €12.5m CAP fraud case
Amy Forde
Over €12.5m was unlawfully secured after a company was falsely presented as a producer organisation (PO).
29 March 2025 News
Map: Wicklow farmers receive highest average CAP payments in 2024
The Department of Agriculture has revealed the total and average CAP payments per county last year.
19 March 2025 Feature
Better to farm under the devilish EU subsidies we know than the devil we don’t
Nuffield Scholar Niall Hurson's travels have taken him around the world, including to Australia, which has led him to take an alternative view of our agricultural regulations and subsidy systems.
New project to examine Irish wool and scouring
The three-year project, Regenerative Value Systems for Irish Grown Wool in Ireland (REVEIRE), has received €657,403 in funding and will begin its research from 31 March 2025.
19 March 2025 News
CAP submission on hemp a no-brainer – Teagasc
Agricultural economist Dr Fiona Thorne spoke about potential policy shifts that could help hemp’s growth, while at the Industrial Hemp Conference on Thursday.
5 March 2025 News
Ireland's recent rail infrastructure review
The Central Statistics Office has estimated that in rural Ireland, outside towns with a population of 1,500 or more, only 5% of households do not own a car.
26 February 2025 Viewpoints
Colm McCarthy: better prospects of climate policy shift in Europe
If Ireland cut emissions to zero it would do nothing to address the global crisis.
22 January 2025 Viewpoints
Hungarian government tackles farmers' historic mistrust of co-ops
We travelled to Hungary to see how its government is trying to change the historical farmer perception around vegetable and fruit co-operatives.
3 November 2024 News
Organic ambition needs viable markets for produce
There is further expansion planned for organic farming in 2030 strategy, but it is a concern that it is production- not market-led.
22 September 2024 News
Trade disputes are long, complex and rarely have any winners
The Irish dairy sector has been dragged into a row which has little to do with them.
25 August 2024 News
China starts anti-subsidy probe into EU dairy imports
China launched a similar investigation into pork imports earlier this year.
21 August 2024 News