Offaly’s Wild Foragers to claim national spotlight at Gifted
An award-winning Offaly family, which creates cheeses, sauces and jellies with ingredients foraged from the woodlands, meadows, hedgerows and bog lands on and around their fifth-generation family farm, will create a taste of the past at Gifted. With over 500 designers, makers and artisan food producers displaying original gifts, the traditional opening to the festive […]
Community groups invited to apply to €75,000 Energia & GIY ‘Get Ireland Growing’ Fund
Community groups and voluntary organisations from all across Ireland are now invited to apply to the Energia Get Ireland Growing and GIY fund 2019, as the €75,000 pool of funding opens for applications today. Groups and organisations have from today until January 18th 2019 to apply for grants, which will enable them to start or […]
Action Needed To Tackle Lyme Disease – Mairead McGuinness MEP
Mairead McGuinness MEP and First Vice-President of the European Parliament has welcomed the focus on Lyme disease and the very broad support among MEP that more need to be done to raise awareness, diagnosis and treatment, following a parliamentary vote in Strasbourg this week (Thursday). “Regrettably, knowledge about Lyme Disease is limited to those immediately […]
Farmers Ready To Roll Up Their Sleeves On Climate Action – IFA
In recent weeks IFA published five actions that Government can take to support farming to deliver on climate. These include a call for the establishment of a cross-sectoral implementation group, including IFA, and to mobilise Government Departments and the State’s advisory, scientific and economic development agencies to maximise the delivery of the reductions identified by Teagasc in […]
Ifac welcomes reintroduction of the Organic Farming Scheme
ifac, the farming, food and agribusiness professional services firm, have welcomed the announcement that the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) had reopened. The OFS is a scheme under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 to support organic production on Irish farms. The Organic Farming Scheme is a measure rolled out by the Department of Agriculture under the […]
Organic Farming Scheme Open To Applicants Until December 19th – Renaghan
IFA Ulster/Nth Leinster Regional Chairman Nigel Renaghan is encouraging farmers to apply for the Organic Farming Scheme, which has re-opened for applications until December 19th. Nigel Renaghan, who heads up the IFA Project Team on organics, said the window for farmers to apply is quite tight and he appealed to farmers to prepare their […]
Five Steps to Support Farming’s Contribution to Climate Action – IFA
IFA has called on Government to take the following steps in support of farming’s contribution to climate action: Establish a cross-sectoral implementation group, including IFA, to mobilise Government Departments and the State’s advisory, scientific and economic development agencies to maximise the delivery of the emissions reductions identified by Teagasc in their recent climate abatement report. Work […]
IFAC calls for issues to be addressed urgently or it could cost young farmers thousands in lost relief
Ifac, the professional services firm for the Irish farming, food and Agri business sectors today called on changes to be made to the draft Finance Bill 2018. The Bill, as currently drafted, contains provisions that would be devastating for young farmers if not addressed before the bill becomes law. The issues are as follows: Currently a lifetime ceiling of […]
European Radon Day: The Environmental Protection Agency encourages everyone to test their homes for radon
Radon is invisible, colourless and odourless – and is linked to around 300 cases of lung cancer in Ireland every year Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking The levels of Radon gas in Irish homes are twice the European average It is estimated that about half a million people in […]
