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Plans unveiled for Ireland’s biggest biogas plant in Carlow
Stephen Robb
Greengate Biogas has announced plans to build Ireland's biggest AD plant in Powerstown, Carlow, processing 700,000t of cattle and pig slurry, farmyard straw manure and poultry manure annually.
19 March 2025 Forestry
A long-term plan is now required to protect our forests
Forestry organisations, the IFA, and timber producers are united in calling for the creation of a forestry development agency to deal with natural disasters and other issues facing the sector.
8 March 2025 Opinion
Opinion: rewetting rules a triple threat, but tariffs more immediate worry
While Thursday's meeting on regulations affecting peatland management saw real farmer concerns raised, Donald Trump's latest pronouncements on trade are even more worrying.
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Department set to design voluntary rewetting scheme for farmers
The rewetting of State land will satisfy targets under the Nature Restoration Law and farmers will be incentivised to rewet land voluntarily, says Department official.
7 March 2025 News
Trust in Government at ‘breaking point’ over peatland policies – ICSA
Martin Heydon’s discussion on 'reduced management intensity' of 80,000 hectares under Ireland’s Climate Action Plan has done little to reassure farmers, the ICSA has said.
6 March 2025 News
Department and Minister must respect farmers - Doyle
The IFA deputy president says that farmers have lost trust in Government, as the overlapping demands of the Nature Restoration Law, GAEC 2 and the Climate Action Plan affect peatland farmers.
6 March 2025 News
Peatlands hit by Dublin train
The focus for years has been on protecting farmers who own drained peatland from rewetting proscribed by Brussels. The bigger threat was at home all along.
5 March 2025 Dealer
Minister for Agriculture downplays rewetting meeting
"When the time comes to make decisions, all the key stakeholders will be consulted properly by me,” the Minister pledged.
5 March 2025 News
IFA calls emergency meeting on peat soil threats
Farmers from across the country are set to gather on Thursday 6 March at 8pm in the Hodson Bay Hotel in Athlone.
1 March 2025 News
State push to rewet land
The Department is considering updating the Climate Action Plan's measures for peat soils to meet climate targets.
26 February 2025 News
Plan to cut farming on 80,000ha of peat soils
The extensification could involve rewetting, reducing stocking rates, fertiliser cuts or the raising of drains.
26 February 2025 Climate and environment
Climate action plan: rewetting bombshell
Rewetting: if we don’t map out the impacts now, then when do we do it?
26 February 2025 Viewpoints