Rural dwellers will still be able to burn turf as a form of solid fuel.
ICMSA president claims that the State and Uisce Éireann have adopted a 'sure these things happen' attitude to water pollution incidents.
The EPA has said that two decades is too long to wait to fix Ireland’s deficient wastewater treatment plants.
Solving the problem issue of algae blooms in Lough Neagh will be a long term process.
The report separately noted that ammonia levels in the effluent discharge of the Ballysadare wastewater treatment plant exceeded licence limits in recent years and for some periods in 2024.
It comes after the Department of Housing published its third river basin management plan.
Rules related to nitrates has overtaken cattle ID as the most common cause of farm penalties in Northern Ireland. Peter McCann reports.
There is to be a fresh assessment of the case sought by the Minister for Agriculture.
The farm came to prominence nationally after its herd saw seemingly unexplained bone deformations which an official investigation claimed were not linked to a local brick factory.