Oireachtas

Meat factories want next CAP to go big on headage to shore up supplies

Meat factories have told the Oireachtas that 2025 has been one of their most difficult years and that CAP funds should be focused on what it deemed ‘commercial’ farmers.

NEWS 20 December 2025

Meat factories want next CAP to go big on headage to shore up supplies

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Solar farm debate continues in farming

Solar farm debate continues in farming

RENEWABLES 10 December 2025

Irish Farmers Journal to appear at the Oireachtas following Brazil beef exposé

Irish Farmers Journal to appear at the Oireachtas following Brazil beef exposé

NEWS 8 December 2025

IFFPG is good at recycling

IFFPG is good at recycling

IFFPG is good at recycling

NEWS 19 November 2025

Farm plastic recycling costs double in five years

Farm plastic recycling costs double in five years

Farm plastic recycling costs double in five years

NEWS 19 November 2025

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Farmers penalised for returning illegal plastic

Farmers penalised for returning illegal plastic

IFFPG is Ireland's approved farm plastics recycling compliance scheme collecting an estimated 45,000t of farm plastics this year.

NEWS 5 November 2025

Regulator ‘very disappointed’ at Minister's foot-dragging on its powers

Regulator ‘very disappointed’ at Minister's foot-dragging on its powers

The Agri-Food Regulator first flagged that it needed additional powers to obtain supply chain information in September 2024.

NEWS 5 November 2025

Greenway CPO process labelled as ‘Cromwellian in nature’

Greenway CPO process labelled as ‘Cromwellian in nature’

Oireachtas committee hears call for future greenways to be restricted to public land only and for CPOs to be removed from greenway developments.

NEWS 5 November 2025

Up to 300 farmers charged double for returning illegal plastic

Up to 300 farmers charged double for returning illegal plastic

IFFPG is Ireland's approved farm plastics recycling compliance scheme collecting an estimated 45,000t of farm plastics this year.

NEWS 5 November 2025

Move to scrap entitlements

Move to scrap entitlements

Senior Department of Agriculture official accepted that the current proposal on CAP would replace entitlements with a per-hectare payment.

NEWS 5 November 2025

Aquaculture legislative reform is a key priority

Aquaculture legislative reform is a key priority

IFA Aquaculture chair Finan O'Sullivan has addressed the Joint Oireachtas Committee in relation to licensing delays, stating that these impede economic growth in the maritime and fisheries sectors.

NEWS 5 November 2025

20% CAP cut 'not a done deal' as exact extent of proposed chop still unclear

20% CAP cut 'not a done deal' as exact extent of proposed chop still unclear

The Department has said that Brussels' plans to gut CAP's ringfenced funds is so radical that it is still crunching the numbers as to the full extent of the decrease.

NEWS 5 November 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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