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Tensions flare between outgoing ag ministers over derogation
Noel Bardon
Martin Heydon and Pippa Hackett exchanged heated words over the role EU politics will play in the derogation debate.
8 November 2024 Climate and environment
21 sustainability projects commended ahead of Science Week 2024
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture with responsibility for Research and Development, Martin Heydon announced the ‘Pioneering Research Progress’ booklet which will include 21 projects.
30 October 2024 News
Deadline to apply for National Farm Safety Measure extended
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Martin Heydon announced the measure for expressions of interest and for submitting applications for payment under the scheme.
Heydon calls for whole-farm approach to environmental payments
Currently, farmers are assessed in a cost incurred/income forgone model to monitor and deliver such farm payments.
30 October 2024 News
Free-to-attend farm safety roadshow kicking off next week
The roadshow will travel to counties Kerry, Wicklow, Cork, Kildare, Galway and Mayo over November.
29 October 2024 News
Ministers canvass Wexford/Wicklow
Charlie McConalogue, Martin Heydon and Simon Coveney are all assisting the election effort for party colleagues in the southeast.
23 October 2024 Dealer
Irish exporters targeting growth at Paris food fair
This is the 24th year that Irish companies have been exhibiting at SIAL trade fair which celebrates 60 years this year.
21 October 2024 News
Budget negotiations ongoing on farm safety measure - Heydon
Minister of State Martin Heydon said discussions are taking place as to what a farm safety incentive in the budget may look like.
24 September 2024 News
Heydon and Kenny clash on nitrates derogation
Fine Gael's Martin Heydon accused Sinn Féin's Martin Kenny of waving a white flag on Ireland's nitrates derogation.
17 September 2024 News
Ploughing 2024: temperatures to soar on day one
Met Éireann data shows that it will be hottest in the afternoon on Tuesday, with highs of 20°C to 21°C.
17 September 2024 News
European Commission's nitrates team lands in Ireland
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue invited the delegation following last year’s visit to Ireland by Commissioner for the Environment Virginijus Sinkevicius.
16 September 2024 News
Sinn Féin’s Kenny clarifies position on derogation
It is imperative that Government pursue a science-led partnership approach with farmers and other stakeholders on the nitrates derogation, Martin Kenny said.
6 September 2024 News