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Storm Éowyn highlights need for battery grants – MREF
Declan O’Brien
Battery systems remain expensive and Government grants are needed to support their adoption.
8 January 2025 Money Mentor
Money Mentor: when should I add my son to the herd number?
The implications of adding your child’s name to your herd number.
8 January 2025 Schemes
€3.5m organic processing grant opened
The scheme provides funding to processors who wish to invest in developing facilities for the processing, preparation, grading, packing and storage of organic products.
Grants of €250,000 available for forest nurseries
Up to €250,000 available for forest nurseries through Innovative Forest Technology Scheme.
18 December 2024 News
'There is real logic in relation to supporting contractors' - McConalogue
At this year’s FCI conference, contractors looked at challenges surrounding protected urea, potential business opportunities, the safe use of rail crossings and the importance of good mental health.
11 December 2024 News
Commission approves €100/ha tillage scheme for Irish farmers
Under the scheme, the aid will consist of limited amounts in the form of direct grants.
11 December 2024 News
NI missing out on rural funding, MLAs told
MLAs were told that “bureaucracy” is the key problem with the existing rural development schemes in Northern Ireland.
27 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Careful restoration in Cats country
Martin Merrick profiles a major restoration on a north Kilkenny beef farm, where extensive work has been carried out with the aid of the Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme.
13 November 2024 Buildings
What farmers want from the next Government
Ahead of the general election, we asked farmers in Clare, Tipperary and Roscommon what farming issues they would be highlighting to politicians that might come knocking on their doors.
30 October 2024 News
Sport: Bandon AC on track for brand-new facility
A funding boost means that, as it celebrates 60 years, the club is on the home straight for completion of a state-of-the-art amenity, writes Denis Hurley.
30 October 2024 Sport
€500,000 in grants for thatched buildings
The funding is part of a combined €11.1m in funding which will be allocated to grant schemes.
29 October 2024 Schemes
£30m sought for NI anaerobic digestion pathfinder projects
Details of a proposal to develop three new large-scale biomethane plants in NI were unveiled at the Phoenix Energy renewable gas conference in Belfast last week. Stephen Robb reports.
23 October 2024 Renewables