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Getting your TAMS solar application right
Stephen Robb
Stephen Robb examines the key points farmers need to know that could delay their TAMS solar application.
16 April 2025 News
Two-tier approach to rural homes on course to continue
Applications for one-off rural houses will be assessed through two different lenses, under the yet to be approved revised National Planning Framework.
16 April 2025 Renewables
Carlow's new slurry creamery – what’s in it for farmers?
Stephen Robb examines Greengate Biogas’s proposal for a large-scale slurry and manure AD plant in Powerstown, Carlow, which is set to become one of Europe’s largest.
Over 1,000ac of solar farms refused permission
The two large scale solar projects, located in Carlow and Kildare, were refused permission on multiple grounds, including impact on residents, biodiversity and farmland.
9 April 2025 News
Appealed AD plant is next step for Country Crest
Dublin’s Country Crest was refused permission for the anaerobic digestion plant in February and has strongly criticised this decision in its appeal to An Bord Pleanála.
2 April 2025 Renewables
Teagasc seeks builder for new sheep shed in Athenry
The farm is located at Mellows Campus, Co Galway, approximately 3km from Athenry town centre, with its animal and grasslands research and innovation centre operating within an 82ha site.
1 April 2025 News
Locals left in the dark over gas power plant plans
Residents in Kentstown, Meath, feel they have been left in the dark about proposals for a new 180MW gas-fired power plant and have vowed to fight it, Stephen Robb Reports
26 March 2025 Renewables
Permission refused for AD plant in Dublin after approval lapses
Country Crest, which has now appealed the decision, had originally secured planning approval for an anaerobic digestion plant on the site in 2012, but this lapsed in 2023.
25 March 2025 Renewables
Kildare community unites again solar and battery plans
A proposed 583ac solar farm and battery energy storage system near Kilcock, Kildare, has become the latest renewables project to see members of a community unite to stop it.
19 March 2025 Renewables
Major fall in new farm buildings
The area of buildings for agriculture that were granted planning permission has fallen for the third year in a row and is now at 53% of area granted in 2021.
19 March 2025 News
Farmers told to dismantle unauthorised sheds
Irish Farmers Journal analysis of county council data has shown that the number of unauthorised developments and the number of warning letters issued differs per county.
19 March 2025 News
Farmer fears over rewetting to the fore in Athlone
Over 250 farmers attended an IFA meeting about peat soils on Thursday last.
13 March 2025 Climate and environment