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Climate and environment
Farmer fears over rewetting to the fore in Athlone
Amy Forde
Over 250 farmers attended an IFA meeting about peat soils on Thursday last.
12 March 2025 Climate and environment
Additional slurry storage can only be a win for the environment
Barriers to creating additional slurry storage need to be removed, not just for the sake of farmers and animal’s welfare, but for the sake of the environment.
12 March 2025 Buildings
Tranche 4 approvals still be issued as re-roofing grant on the cards
Farmers who have applied under tranche 5 of the scheme in the back end of last year are still awaiting their TAMS applications to be looked at.
Coillte- and ESB-backed 13-turbine new wind farm set for Cork
A new wind farm on the Cork-Kerry border has been given the green light by An Bord Pleanála.
12 March 2025 Renewables
LNG terminal shows government is serious about energy security
The reality is that Ireland will remain dependent on natural gas for decades as we struggle to increase our renewable energy capacity.
5 March 2025 Renewables
Editorial: fast-track planning must get green light
We need something very quickly on the nutrient storage side of the house for farmers.
26 February 2025 Viewpoints
Farmers’ bid to downsize family home rejected
The decision to sell their farmhouse to a local family has cost a Co Wicklow farming couple dearly as they have been denied permission to build a smaller home on their land by the local authority.
26 February 2025 Features
Dempsey at Large: slurry storage nonsense
If we needed an example of new needless bureaucracy causing frustration, expense and potential environmental damage, we have it in this case.
19 February 2025 Viewpoints
Colm McCarthy: capital projects don't always overshoot cost estimates
If we can deliver large, once-off, infrastructure at bargain prices in Ireland, why not use as intended?
19 February 2025 Viewpoints
Is pre-planning the key to helping ease frustrations?
In week three of our series, we look at the mixed feelings about the need for pre-planning meetings when trying to build a rural home which suggest greater transparency and consistency is important.
19 February 2025 Features
Solar farms: strong start to 2025
It’s been a strong start to the year, with multiple large scale solar farms navigating their way through he planning system, some with more success than others, writes Stephen Robb
12 February 2025 Renewables
Katherine O'Leary: 'building a new house is exciting but can also be emotive'
With regard to planning laws we have to accept that there is a bigger picture, writes Katherine O'Leary.
12 February 2025 Katherine O'Leary