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Renewables
Can bogs solve Ireland’s solar woes?
Stephen Robb
With several large-scale solar farms planned for Ireland's boglands, Stephen Robb asks whether bogs could be the solution to the solar vs. agriculture land debate.
27 November 2024 News
700ac bog solar farm nears completion
Bord na Móna and ESB are nearing completion of the largest solar farm in Europe to be built on cutover peatland in Kildare
17 November 2024 Agri Technology
Who are Ireland’s agtech innovators?
Stephen Robb profiles some of the companies developing products and services to meet the challenges facing the agricultural sector .
Careers: support for innovative green solutions include a bovine breathalyser
Offaly-based Agri Data Analytics is among the nine start-ups participating in Accelerate Green START programme, writes Sarah McIntosh.
23 October 2024 Education
Clarity needed on eligibility of restored bogs for restoration targets - INHFA
The possible exclusion of the 20,000ha of rehabilitated bogs from Ireland's Nature Restoration Law inventory could pull more farmed peatland into the mix.
28 July 2024 News
Fresh concern over rewetting targets for Irish farmland
Rehabilitation works completed before Ireland enacts the Nature Restoration Law will not qualify for Ireland's restoration and rewetting targets. Declan O'Brien and Noel Bardon report.
24 July 2024 News
Once-off items help push operating profit at Bord na Móna to record €106.7m
Semi-state body reported annual results for the year ended April 2024.
24 July 2024 News