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Farmer who uprooted 250 trees in Cork given time to fix damage
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The court heard that the farmer was anxious to put right the damage and had already undertaken substantial remedial works. David Forsythe reports.
10 January 2025 News
Permission granted to pump water from Lough Funshinagh
Permanent flood relief works at Lough Funshinagh had been caught in planning regulations since the turlough started to flood.
1 January 2025 Dealer
Monkey business in latest state land purchase
The state is after adding to its land portfolio after sale agreed has been placed on a marsh adjacent to an SAC in west Cork. Some species spotted there are rarer than others.
Wood Awards Ireland 2024 winners announced
The overall award goes to the spectacular renovation of Kinsale Library by Cork County Council Architects in a competition that promotes excellence in wood.
18 December 2024 Feature
An Bord Pleanála refuses Mayo AD plant
The project, located in Swinford, Co Mayo, was designed to be fully supplied with agricultural feedstock from local farmers, with 35% sourced from slurry and 65% from multispecies grass swards.
11 December 2024 News
Ox Mountain hill farm with BISS entitlements
A hill farm in Co Sligo with road frontage onto the main Tubbercurry to Ballina road has just come on the market, writes Tommy Moyles.
11 December 2024 For Sale
State to buy 50ac island on Lough Ree for birds
Minister of State for nature Malcolm Noonan announces plans to purchase island on Lough Ree for strategic management of breeding waders.
1 November 2024 Climate and environment
Uisce Éireann ordered to pay over €6,000 for pollution of Sligo river
Uisce Éireann has been prosecuted following the discharge of poorly treated sewage into the Owengarve River.
18 October 2024 News
State to buy 165ac in Kilkenny
Minister of State for nature Malcolm Noonan announced that the State will purchase just under 165ac land within and adjacent to the Cullahill Mountain SAC.
14 October 2024 News
Splendid Slieve Bloom farm on the market
A large farm in north Co Laois is making its way to online auction in October. Offered in its entirety or in two lots the land runs into the Slieve Bloom mountains, reports Tommy Moyles.
25 September 2024 For Sale
How six farmers fared in appeals against the Department of Agriculture
The annual report of the Agriculture Appeals Office has shown that 48% of appeals taken by farmers were successfully contested with the plaintiff receiving a payment or not receiving a penalty.
11 September 2024 News
Kerry Ingredients and Cork Marts also in planning focus
Two major agribusinesses have also been the subject of Peter Sweetman’s agri-planning campaign.
7 August 2024 News