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Renewables
Wind supplies 38% of Ireland's electricity so far in 2025
Stephen Robb
March Wind Energy report shows that Irish wind farms provided 38% of the country’s electricity over the first quarter of 2025.
22 April 2025 News
FRS Co-op aims to cut its emissions by 20% by 2030
FRS Co-op has launched a sustainability plan targeting emissions cuts across operations.
16 April 2025 Climate and environment
Rewetting option for ACRES farmers later this year
Work is also underway to find out how private funding could be used to get carbon farming off the ground.
Action plan on way for reducing age at slaughter
The Climate Action Plan targets an average slaughter age of 24 to 25 months for prime cattle by 2025.
15 April 2025 Climate and environment
AFBI chief ‘cautious’ on new bovine TB test
Work on a new bovine TB test in England centres around the ability to test vaccinated cattle.
2 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Farm emissions estimates cut by 7%
Emissions had been previously overstated due their not being sufficient research to generate emissions estimates that accurately reflected Irish farming.
2 April 2025 Climate and environment
Dolan slates Government's approach on AD
Farmers could transform the challenge of high energy prices into an opportunity, if the right policy framework was put in place for on-farm renewable energy production.
26 March 2025 News
Colm McCarthy: evolution of EU's CAP
For a small open economy, it makes sense to encourage production in sectors where there is a prospect of domestic and export sales on advantageous terms.
26 March 2025 Viewpoints
Greener animal feed labels on the way
An updated document on animal feed labelling could see more feed manufacturers display the environmental impact of their feed on the label.
25 March 2025 News
Kepak appoints new head of sustainability
Thompson has been group sustainability manager with Kepak since January 2022 and will succeed Margaret Berry.
18 March 2025 News
€1bn investment in forestry and rewetting needed to reduce emissions - CCAC
The joint report with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council revealed that Ireland is the worst performing country in the EU in terms of CO2 equivalent emissions per person.
4 March 2025 Climate and environment
Agricultural research projects among those to receive EPA funding
Four of the agricultural projects are co-funded by the Department of Agriculture.
20 February 2025 News