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Watch: fuel price protest reaches O’Connell Street in Dublin

Protestors are looking for carbon tax to be removed from green diesel as well as further reductions in excise duty.

NEWS 7 April 2026

Watch: fuel price protest reaches O’Connell Street in Dublin

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Fuel price protests see traffic disruption on major road networks

Fuel price protests see traffic disruption on major road networks

NEWS 7 April 2026

Farmers are urged to take action to reduce impacts of rising input costs

Farmers are urged to take action to reduce impacts of rising input costs

NEWS 2 April 2026

Colm McCarthy: oil and gas prices will not return to pre-crisis levels fast

Colm McCarthy: oil and gas prices will not return to pre-crisis levels fast

Colm McCarthy: oil and gas prices will not return to pre-crisis levels fast

VIEWPOINTS 1 April 2026

TD calls for commercial turf sales to resume during energy crisis

TD calls for commercial turf sales to resume during energy crisis

TD calls for commercial turf sales to resume during energy crisis

NEWS 31 March 2026

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IFA and Comhairle na Tuaithe launch campaign on dog attacks

IFA and Comhairle na Tuaithe launch campaign on dog attacks

“The lack of robust enforcement of the legal obligations on dog owners has allowed horrendous attacks to persist and increase across the country,” IFA sheep chair Adrian Gallagher has said.

NEWS 18 March 2026

ICMSA urges Minister to support call for EU voluntary milk reduction scheme

ICMSA urges Minister to support call for EU voluntary milk reduction scheme

The ICMSA president expressed disappointment that Ireland is not currently supporting the call and said that next Monday gives the Minister the opportunity to back the proposal.

NEWS 18 March 2026

Mere 5c/l tax cut to green diesel is an ‘insult’, as prices surge 67% in weeks

Mere 5c/l tax cut to green diesel is an ‘insult’, as prices surge 67% in weeks

Measures announced by the Government on Tuesday to cut fuel taxes for two months is set to lower green diesel prices by just 5c/l, despite prices rising by 66c/l in three weeks.

NEWS 18 March 2026

IFA president slams Government’s fuel package

IFA president slams Government’s fuel package

“The IFA was clear that the only effective way to address costs at farm level was to reduce carbon tax, but the Government seems to have deemed this to be untouchable,” the IFA president said.

NEWS 18 March 2026

ICOS calls on Government to suspend CBAM immediately

ICOS calls on Government to suspend CBAM immediately

ICOS president Edward Carr stated: “Ireland is exposed as a significant importer of fertiliser and due to our seasonal production system."

NEWS 18 March 2026

Green light for Just Transition Commission

Green light for Just Transition Commission

Legislation to establish the new body is now in the final stages at Stormont.

NORTHERN IRELAND 18 March 2026

FCI: ‘Contractors can’t cut everyone’s silage at noon on the same day’

FCI: ‘Contractors can’t cut everyone’s silage at noon on the same day’

Fergal O’Sullivan spoke with contractors Ann Gleeson Hanrahan and Norman Egar, director and chair of the Farm & Forestry Contractors Association (FCI), to understand the challenges faced by the sector

CONTRACTING 18 March 2026

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