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Colm McCarthy: reviewing promises in the Programme for Government
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UK: if the economy grows quickly enough, the borrowing targets are credible.
31 March 2025 Renewables
All-island bioeconomy summit to take place in May
The event this year will focus on areas such as blue bio-based economy, commercial bio-based economy development and replacing fossil fuel products with new bio-based products.
12 March 2025 Viewpoints
Colm McCarthy: It’s not just tariffs that could hurt – our taxes are targets too
The capital programme was halved in volume by 2014 and has only lately recovered to pre-crash levels.
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Radical TB plan floated by Department
No new supports for tillage this season
The Food Vision tillage group was told that there is no budget available to provide new supports to the tillage sector in 2025.
11 February 2025 News
Watch: Minister Healy-Rae hopes to reinstate forestry’s reputation
The newly appointed Minister of State for Forestry, Horticulture and Farm Safety sets out his priorities.
5 February 2025 News
New water quality committee needs ‘all-sectors approach’ - IFA
It comes as IFA environmental chair John Murphy welcomed the new Government’s commitment to retaining Ireland’s derogation, outlined in the Programme for Government.
4 February 2025 News
Colm McCarthy: It is time to reconsider our energy sources
The invasion of Ukraine has also drawn attention to the dangerous reliance on imports of natural gas from Russia.
29 January 2025 Viewpoints
Environmental regulatory battle far from over
Signs suggest that the new Government will take a more pragmatic approach to environmental rules.
24 January 2025 News
Government commits to succession scheme
In the draft Programme for Government published last week, a commitment was made to act on the recommendations of the Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming.
22 January 2025 News
Fresh Government - fresh start for farm renewables
Stephen Robb explores where farm renewables fit into the new Programme for Government
22 January 2025 Renewables
‘New Government has to find different way to work with farmers’ - Gorman
IFA president Francie Gorman made the comments at the organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 22 January at the Irish Farm Centre.
22 January 2025 News
Change to methane accounting system would be 'significant'
Teagasc has said that moving to reflect the actual warming impact of biogenic methane would provide more useful information around the achievement of climate neutrality.
22 January 2025 News