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Fresh concern over rewetting targets for Irish farmland
Declan O’Brien
Rehabilitation works completed before Ireland enacts the Nature Restoration Law will not qualify for Ireland's restoration and rewetting targets. Declan O'Brien and Noel Bardon report.
24 July 2024 News
Voluntary aspect must be 'enshrined' in Nature Restoration Law
Funding must also be provided for the new nature law and guaranteed for 20 to 30 years.
18 July 2024 News
Nature restoration participation must be voluntary - Fitzmaurice
Funding for participation in any schemes related to the Nature Restoration Law will have to be guaranteed for 20 to 30 years.
Climate 'incentives' needed for farmers
Donnelly was reacting to the findings of the recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions report.
19 June 2024 News
EU Nature Restoration Law finalised amid controversy
After months of uncertainty on the future of the law, EU environment ministers voted to approve it this week at a meeting in Luxembourg.
19 June 2024 Climate and environment
Nature Restoration Law finalised by EU ministers
Ireland now has legally-binding targets for restoring nature after ministers gave the law its final seal of approval.
17 June 2024 Climate and environment
Almost 20% of farmers would look at rewetting their farms
Sheep farmers reported to be the most open to rewetting their farmland, while dairy farmers appear the most reluctant of any sector.
5 June 2024 News
Removal of farmland from production tops rewetting concerns
While many farmers surveyed who expressed views against rewetting were completely opposed to the measure, some found it acceptable if only rolled out on marginal farmland or on State lands.
5 June 2024 Climate and environment
How the European Commission, Parliament and Council work
Pat O'Toole takes a look at the three stools of Brussels - the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers.
2 June 2024 l2
INHFA makes moves for legal action on Nature Restoration Law
Letter led by Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan urging EU member states to adopt the law "an act of desperation".
17 May 2024 News
Farmland to escape rewetting firing line
Farmers will not have to rewet any land to meet immediate climate targets.
15 May 2024 Climate and environment
Meet the candidates in the Ireland South constituency
It’s a crowded field in the South constituency, so we have put questions to the prominent farming candidates across the main farming issues. Pat O’Toole reports.
15 May 2024 News