Farmers Urged To Make Their Farms Safer Places To Work And Live
The start of the fifth annual Farm Safety Week UK & Ireland is an initiative led by the IFA in Ireland, aiming to reduce the number of accidents on farms that continue to give farming the poorest safety record of any occupation in the country. Farm Safety Week is supported by a number of […]
Engineering Organisations In Offaly Encouraged To Celebrate Achievements And Skill
Engineers Ireland is calling on engineering organisations in Offaly to showcase and celebrate their achievements and skill by submitting an entry to the 2017 Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards, held in association with ESB. Now in its 8th year, the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards are presented annually in recognition of the achievements of engineers who have demonstrated exceptional […]
IFA Advises Farmers To Stop Planting Until Autumn
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has advised farmers who have financial approval to afforest to wait until the autumn to plant. He said that normally all planting had stopped at this stage but the planting season had been extended this summer due to the introduction of the Forestry Regulation, which now requires farmers to […]
Irish Ferries Set For Spraoi 2017
As Waterford gears up for the annual Spraoi Festival, which takes place in the city over the August Bank Holiday Weekend from August 4-6th next, Irish Ferries has announced it will once again be lending its support to the event. Now in its twenty-fifth year, Ireland’s oldest city will host hundreds of performers, an array of […]
Forestry And Climate Change: Large Potential And Low Cost
The Irish Forestry and Forest Products Association (IFFPA), the Ibec group that represents the sector, have responded to today’s publication of the National Climate Mitigation Plan, outlining the significant contribution the sector can make towards delivering an environmentally sustainable economy. Mark McAuley, Director of IFFPA, said, “Forestry has been clearly identified as one of the […]
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Announce Black Friday Weekend 172 Sales Event
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has announced an exciting Black Friday Weekend 172 sales event to take place this coming weekend. The purpose of the event is to celebrate a two percent growth in market share in Ireland to date in 2017, a result which has been delivered with the release of an updated range of new and award […]
New Campaign Highlights Importance Of Conservation
CPR saves fish according to Inland Fisheries Ireland at the launch of a new campaign to highlight angling and the importance of conservation. The hashtag #CPRsavesfish has been placed across a number of bridges and high footfall locations across the country to engage the public around the pursuit of conservation focused angling. ‘CPR’ stands for ‘Catch, Photo, Release’ and […]
Groups invited to apply for up to €5,000 through national arts and youth scheme
Deadline for applications: Friday 28th July 2017 The Artist and Youth Work Residency Scheme will see local projects nationwide receive grants of up to €5,000 Both Minister for Children and Director of Arts Council commend initiative Local groups in every county are being encouraged to apply for funding under the Artist and Youth Work Residency Scheme 2017. […]
Irish Milk Prices Have A Way To Go To Catch Up With EU Competitors – IFA
As co-ops decide this week on their June milk price, IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Sean O’Leary said they have some catching up to do to ensure Irish dairy farmers receive the full benefits from improving markets, and competitive milk prices relative to their European counterparts. Bearing in mind the 6.15c/l gap between best […]
