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Climate and environment
Teagasc research sounds alarm on social vulnerability of farms
Caitríona Morrissey
Caitríona Morrissey take a closer look at Teagasc's recent farm sustainability report and what it says about farmer age, isolation and
20 November 2024 Agri jobs
Focus: competition for employees heightens as labour market tightens
Sarah McIntosh highlights how competition for employees heightens as labour market tightens.
20 November 2024 Viewpoints
Colm McCarthy - will COP 29 make a difference?
Flying 20,000 people to remote Baku will have made a non-trivial contribution to carbon emissions all on its own.
Lakeland Dairies urges election candidates to back dairy
The co-op, which has 3,200 farm families in 17 counties, has written to candidates in each of its constituencies with a reminder of the importance of the dairy sector in the nation's economy.
19 November 2024 News
Colm McCarthy: what Trump's victory may mean for Ireland's exports
Trade access to US markets and the tax bonanza are under threat with the focus on protectionism in the recent US election.
13 November 2024 Viewpoints
Opinion: Trump towers over global agenda - it will affect Ireland
As Ireland steps into an election campaign, the ripple effect of Donald Trump's return to the White House must be absorbed.
9 November 2024 Opinion
Nature credits a priority for Commissioner-designate
The Swedish minister was speaking at the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety in Brussels on Tuesday.
6 November 2024 Renewables
Opinion: energy security should be a priority for next Dáil
Colm McCarthy makes an argument for the ban on nuclear energy in Ireland being lifted.
6 November 2024 Viewpoints
UK farmer fury over sweeping inheritance tax changes
Changes to agricultural property relief compromise the liquidity needed for succession planning on farms of all sizes, UK farmers have warned.
31 October 2024 News
Potential carbon emissions fines from 2030
A high emissions figure is attributed to agriculture and implies a challenging target for reduction.
30 October 2024 Viewpoints
RHI tariff rise voted down by MLAs
Economy Minister Conor Murphy said a “substantial uplift” to RHI payments from 1 November 2024 would be an interim step before scheme closure.
23 October 2024 Northern Ireland
ECB cuts interest rates by 0.25%
This is good news for corporates, but it is unclear if it will benefit farmers directly.
17 October 2024 News