Water

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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Over €13m in funds to remove barriers to fish migration in rivers

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€40m in grants for private well repairs

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Certainty the main asks from nitrates farmers

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Water quality has improved in areas where there are farmers who are in nitrate's derogation the Frank Hayes Memorial Farming Seminar at the Listowel Food Fair heard.

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New NI farm standards good to go in 2026

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