A Dutch expert: ‘Irish bogs are extraordinarily valuable’
It is estimated that Ireland holds 60% of Europe’s remaining active raised bogs
‘Would you like to visit my grave?’ The farmer planning a home burial
Martin Neary has permission to be buried on his own lands in Co Mayo when he dies
US businesses taking liberties with new post-pandemic fees
America Letter: In addition to rising room rates, hotels have been adding hidden extras
Surge in building material costs picking up pace, suppliers warn
War in Ukraine exacerbating soaring inflation of energy and materials such as steel
Fraud squad days: ‘Charlie Haughey poured coffee for us from a silver pot’
Retired garda Willie McGee’s book details investigations of major scams from the past
Urban horse project for young people set to close unless funding secured
Department of Agriculture says it can no longer fund wages or other day-to-day costs at Ballyowen equine centre
Irish lamb and sheep meat to have full access to US market under new deal
McConalogue to lead major agrifood trade mission to US this week
Ireland’s dairy growth threatens farm payments, EU Commission warns
‘Further improvements and more ambition required’ for approval of CAP plan
Coillte’s €2bn strategy proposes 22% increase in forestry
State agency targets climate goals and tourism while boosting supplies for residential construction
More than 600 pets brought to Ireland from Ukraine since Russian invasion
‘Open-door policy’ in Ireland for people of Ukraine and their pets – Minister for Agriculture
IFA increases pay for director general, president, deputy president
Association faced a scandal in 2015 over pay and pensions for senior officials
Bye bye bacon? Soaring costs threaten Irish pork industry
‘You just can’t make it work, you’re just haemorrhaging money,’ says pig farmer
Pig farmers call for €100m ‘rescue package’ in protest outside Government buildings
Losses in the sector are estimated to be €160m over past 18 months, farmers say
Ireland’s Covid-19 restrictions now second lightest in world
Seen & Heard: Downing tools, new whiskey mark and a lotto ban in bookies
Farming faces perfect storm amid crisis in Ukraine
Pressure to cut carbon emissions mounts as war forces fuel and fertiliser prices to soar
Distillery claims unfair tax treatment over Covid hand sanitiser production
Revenue denies it ever decided to grant tax relief for alcohol purchased to make sanitiser
Costs and pressures creating psychological strain, farming body says
‘If there was ever a year we were going to be wiped out, this is the year,’ ICSA meeting told
Food security threat to State outlined at response group meeting
Officials to draw up a plan over the weekend on how to grow more crops in coming season
Data security company Getvisibility raises €10m in funding
Cork-based start-up was founded in 2018 by Ronan Murphy and Mark Brosnan
Varadkar’s solo run appears to green-light dairy expansion – at expense of beef
Tánaiste assures dairy farmers new carbon budgets won’t put limits on milk production
IHRB stands over Stephen Mahon animal welfare investigation
Body rejects any claim of singling Mahon out over his allegations of doping in the sport
Richard O’Halloran’s return: Averting a China crisis
Diplomacy and the businessman’s own dogged negotiations brought him home, not loud calls for action
Saudi Arabia lifts Irish beef export restrictions
Previously exports had to come from cattle slaughtered while under 30 months
Global market for ‘cultivated meat’ could reach $25bn by 2030
Scientists are trying to find a commercially viable way to transform animal stem cells into marbled steak or sushi-grade salmon
Foresters accuse Hackett of rowing back on planting targets
New Department of Agriculture plan aims to tackle timber shortage
State’s plan for sustainable farming ‘lacks ambition’ on biodiversity
Oireachtas committee hears 6,000km of hedgerows being removed every year
MPs highlight concern about post-Brexit surge in north-south Irish trade
UK’s exit has increased costs, paperwork and border delays for businesses, says committee
When pets attack: ‘I never dreamed dogs could do such destruction’
Farmers are calling for more action to control dogs after several grisly mauling incidents
Just like that, Brexit is back on top of the agenda
Inside Politics: Poots upped the ante with an order to halt post-Brexit checks at NI ports
Poots’s order to halt post-Brexit checks ‘breaches international law’
Coveney joins NI politicians in condemning move by North’s Minister of Agriculture
The crisis growing in Irish forests
Bottleneck is hitting house building, slowing supply of timber, forcing many to import it
River water quality dips due to ‘set dates’ for slurry spreading
Pollution worries mount among contractors who say task should be done at safest time
Average Irish household throws out €700 worth of food every year
Growers and charities are getting perfectly edible ‘reject’ produce to those who need it
Brexit funds of €35m to be directed to coastal communities to improve piers and harbours
Establishment of the fund was one of the recommendations of a seafood sector taskforce established after Brexit
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