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Crime group allegedly inflated livestock numbers to increase CAP payments

The group is also suspected of fraudulently declaring agricultural land and pastures that did not belong to them or did not meet eligibility criteria.

NEWS 24 October 2025

Crime group allegedly inflated livestock numbers to increase CAP payments

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Colm McCarthy: dodging costs of tackling climate change

Colm McCarthy: dodging costs of tackling climate change

VIEWPOINTS 31 August 2025

Resignation and raids following Greek CAP fraud

Resignation and raids following Greek CAP fraud

NEWS 20 August 2025

CAP 2028 farmer reaction: 'do they want us to be gardeners or farmers?'

CAP 2028 farmer reaction: 'do they want us to be gardeners or farmers?'

CAP 2028 farmer reaction: 'do they want us to be gardeners or farmers?'

NEWS 30 July 2025

Three convicted in €3.8m Spanish farm subsidy fraud

Three convicted in €3.8m Spanish farm subsidy fraud

Three convicted in €3.8m Spanish farm subsidy fraud

NEWS 20 July 2025

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Colm McCarthy: how important are regional airports?

Colm McCarthy: how important are regional airports?

Neither Galway nor Sligo have collapsed following the demise of their airports.

VIEWPOINTS 10 May 2025

Why subsidy became a dirty word in New Zealand

Why subsidy became a dirty word in New Zealand

Nuffield scholar Nick Cotter details his two weeks in New Zealand, learning how the country came to a zero subsidy system and is now combatting rapidly rising multi-active anthelmintic resistance.

FEATURE 10 May 2025

Agricultural operating surplus jumps by €1.6bn in 2024

Agricultural operating surplus jumps by €1.6bn in 2024

“This estimate shows that while agricultural incomes have not yet recovered to their 2022 levels, they are significantly higher than they were in 2023," said Mairead Griffin.

NEWS 10 May 2025

Charges filed against two Croatians for alleged CAP fraud

Charges filed against two Croatians for alleged CAP fraud

Prosecutors claim that the connection between two companies was "concealed” to get around the rules of a CAP Pillar 2 subsidy scheme.

NEWS 10 May 2025

Call for grants for methane-reducing slurry additives

Call for grants for methane-reducing slurry additives

Glasport Bio called for a two-part subsidy to cover both the capital cost of on-farm equipement and the ongoing methane-reducing slurry ingredient.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 10 May 2025

CAP payments don’t incentivise new emissions reductions - IIEA

CAP payments don’t incentivise new emissions reductions - IIEA

The institute published a new discussion paper which examined the role of emissions pricing in helping Irish agriculture meet its legally binding climate targets.

NEWS 10 May 2025

Italian police arrest 12 involved in €12.5m CAP fraud case

Italian police arrest 12 involved in €12.5m CAP fraud case

Over €12.5m was unlawfully secured after a company was falsely presented as a producer organisation (PO).

NEWS 10 May 2025

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