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CAP ‘must return’ to focus on sustainable food production – Carbery

The Midlands Northwest MEP was speaking from the European Parliament at a conference on ‘Strengthening Food Security and Strategic Autonomy in the EU’ on Wednesday.

NEWS 26 March 2025

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Dempsey at Large: The United States - a complex ally

Dempsey at Large: The United States - a complex ally

VIEWPOINTS 19 March 2025

Editorial: the next CAP vision

Editorial: the next CAP vision

VIEWPOINTS 19 February 2025

Treasury refuses to back down on inheritance tax

Treasury refuses to back down on inheritance tax

Treasury refuses to back down on inheritance tax

NORTHERN IRELAND 19 February 2025

Ireland to chair global alliance for agricultural greenhouse gases

Ireland to chair global alliance for agricultural greenhouse gases

Ireland to chair global alliance for agricultural greenhouse gases

NEWS 13 February 2025

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Treasury refuses to back down on inheritance tax

Treasury refuses to back down on inheritance tax

The farmer representatives reportedly suggested other tax raising measures, instead of the planned £1m limit on agricultural and business property relief.

NORTHERN IRELAND 20 November 2024

Ireland to chair global alliance for agricultural greenhouse gases

Ireland to chair global alliance for agricultural greenhouse gases

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon and Minister of State with special responsibility for research and development Noel Grealish announced the Global Research Alliance conference.

NEWS 20 November 2024

EU plans to impose tariffs on Russian fertiliser

EU plans to impose tariffs on Russian fertiliser

In 2023, the types of fertilisers covered by the proposed regulation represented over 70% of overall fertiliser consumption in the EU.

NEWS 20 November 2024

Solar industry sets out demands

Solar industry sets out demands

As the new government prepares to take office, the industry body representing the large-scale solar sector has called for reforms of how solar is roll out.

RENEWABLES 20 November 2024

Calls for frameworks around agri voltaics

Calls for frameworks around agri voltaics

The Irish Solar Energy Association has called for the incoming government to create a new framework to support agri voltaics - the practice of combining agriculture with renewable energy.

RENEWABLES 20 November 2024

Consumers urged to buy Irish vegetables this Christmas

Consumers urged to buy Irish vegetables this Christmas

Supermarkets have been proactively, whether intentionally or not, undermining the horticulture industry in Ireland, Kenneth Keavey of Green Earth Organics has said.

NEWS 20 November 2024

Commissioner tells Ukraine to supply EU with protein

Commissioner tells Ukraine to supply EU with protein

The European Commissioner for Agriculture has suggested that Ukraine focuses on producing protein for the EU market, rather than other grains which it can sell around the world.

NEWS 20 November 2024

Harris to revamp farming payments

Harris to revamp farming payments

The Taoiseach says that the 'costs incurred/income forgone' model is seeing farmers walk away from schemes.

NEWS 20 November 2024

'I want farmers to be farming, not filling out forms' – Harris

'I want farmers to be farming, not filling out forms' – Harris

The Taoiseach says that Fine Gael are the party best placed to advance Irish farming's cause at European level, as he talks succession, CAP, nitrates, and simp0lifying schemes

NEWS 20 November 2024

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