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Plans unveiled for Ireland’s biggest biogas plant in Carlow

Greengate Biogas has announced plans to build Ireland's biggest AD plant in Powerstown, Carlow, processing 700,000t of cattle and pig slurry, farmyard straw manure and poultry manure annually.

NEWS 31 March 2025

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A long-term plan is now required to protect our forests

A long-term plan is now required to protect our forests

FORESTRY 19 March 2025

Opinion: rewetting rules a triple threat, but tariffs more immediate worry

Opinion: rewetting rules a triple threat, but tariffs more immediate worry

OPINION 8 March 2025

Department set to design voluntary rewetting scheme for farmers

Department set to design voluntary rewetting scheme for farmers

Department set to design voluntary rewetting scheme for farmers

NEWS 7 March 2025

Trust in Government at ‘breaking point’ over peatland policies – ICSA

Trust in Government at ‘breaking point’ over peatland policies – ICSA

Trust in Government at ‘breaking point’ over peatland policies – ICSA

NEWS 6 March 2025

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Department set to design voluntary rewetting scheme for farmers

Department set to design voluntary rewetting scheme for farmers

The rewetting of State land will satisfy targets under the Nature Restoration Law and farmers will be incentivised to rewet land voluntarily, says Department official.

NEWS 26 February 2025

Trust in Government at ‘breaking point’ over peatland policies – ICSA

Trust in Government at ‘breaking point’ over peatland policies – ICSA

Martin Heydon’s discussion on 'reduced management intensity' of 80,000 hectares under Ireland’s Climate Action Plan has done little to reassure farmers, the ICSA has said.

NEWS 26 February 2025

Department and Minister must respect farmers - Doyle

Department and Minister must respect farmers - Doyle

The IFA deputy president says that farmers have lost trust in Government, as the overlapping demands of the Nature Restoration Law, GAEC 2 and the Climate Action Plan affect peatland farmers.

NEWS 26 February 2025

Peatlands hit by Dublin train

Peatlands hit by Dublin train

The focus for years has been on protecting farmers who own drained peatland from rewetting proscribed by Brussels. The bigger threat was at home all along.

DEALER 26 February 2025

Minister for Agriculture downplays rewetting meeting

Minister for Agriculture downplays rewetting meeting

"When the time comes to make decisions, all the key stakeholders will be consulted properly by me,” the Minister pledged.

NEWS 26 February 2025

IFA calls emergency meeting on peat soil threats

IFA calls emergency meeting on peat soil threats

Farmers from across the country are set to gather on Thursday 6 March at 8pm in the Hodson Bay Hotel in Athlone.

NEWS 26 February 2025

State push to rewet land

State push to rewet land

The Department is considering updating the Climate Action Plan's measures for peat soils to meet climate targets.

NEWS 26 February 2025

Plan to cut farming on 80,000ha of peat soils

Plan to cut farming on 80,000ha of peat soils

The extensification could involve rewetting, reducing stocking rates, fertiliser cuts or the raising of drains.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 26 February 2025

Climate action plan: rewetting bombshell

Climate action plan: rewetting bombshell

Rewetting: if we don’t map out the impacts now, then when do we do it?

VIEWPOINTS 26 February 2025

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New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®

Syngenta Ireland recently launched CASPER®, a new broadleaved weed herbicide for newly sown and established grassland.

New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®

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