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Payments system is broken - Heydon
Pat O'Toole
The new Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine says that the strings attached to payments are responsible for low uptake of SCEP and the Sheep Welfare scheme.
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Protest statement made claims UFU President
David Wright reports from the UFU roadshow held in Coleraine on Monday night
29 January 2025 News
IFA to restart renewables project team
Farmers have had minimal representation over the past number of years when several significant government renewables policies were formed.
Healy-Rae appointed Minister of State for forestry
The announcement comes as the Government, upon the nomination of Taoiseach Micheál Martin, formally appointed Ministers of State and assigned their responsibilities on Wednesday.
29 January 2025 Forestry
Uncertainly remains around beleaguered Renewable Heat Obligation
There remains uncertainty over the timeline for the long-awaited Renewable Heat Obligation, after the Government missed its own deadline of launching the scheme by the end of December.
29 January 2025 News
Sheep farmer creates survey on dog attacks
"We tried to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and move on, but, honestly, it’s been four times too many for us. We felt that we had to make meaningful change in some way," said Monahan.
29 January 2025 News
Galway farmer loses 30ac of forestry following storm Éowyn
This Galway farmer woke up last Friday morning to 30ac of his 80ac forest lying flat.
28 January 2025 News
‘It was like a war zone’ - farmer has 13ac of forestry knocked by storm
Co Galway farmer Tom O’Brien has had some 13ac of forestry floored by storm Éowyn and is now left counting the cost. Anne O’Donoghue reports.
27 January 2025 News
Storm causes devastating damage on horticulture farms
Growers are assessing the damage which will mount to thousands of euro in many cases, the IFA has said.
27 January 2025 News
Final 2024 crop area drops and pushes targets out
The drop in area is concerning for many reasons and makes it difficult for the Government to reach a number of the targets in its climate action plan.
26 January 2025 News
Opinion: Heydon and Hansen bring hands-on experience to new roles
A new Commissioner and a new Minister will be grappling with the same old problems facing farming.
25 January 2025 Opinion
Leinster-heavy lineup sees McConalogue demoted
The cabinet resembles the Irish rugby team in one regard - it's totally Leinster dominated, with 11 of the 15 ministers from the province.
23 January 2025 News