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Friday, March 29, 2024

Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH) Information Seminar

The SSRH was approved by the Government in December 2017 and has been developed to increase the use of renewable energy in the heat...

COVID-19 – The Opportunity to Rescue and Develop our Horticulture Industry? – Stiofán Nutty

COVID-19 has had a profound effect on our lives and is set to do so for many months ahead. So far during the crisis,...

Irish green fingers sought for world-saving digital café event

GREEN FINGERS young and old are being asked to participate in an online “digital café” where ways to make Ireland a more eco-friendly country...

Our Rural Future: Minister Humphreys announces €1.2 million to support recreation facilities and outdoor...

Funding to enhance visitor experience at over 30 locations nationwide Investment to include upgrades to pathways, trails, access roads, boardwalks, carparks and toilet...

Funding and Code of Best Practice announced for national and regional Greenways

The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan T.D. has today confirmed that Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has issued the Greenways and national road funding allocations...

EASAC cautions against subsidies for bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)

From the European Academies Strategic Advisory Council:  As the European Union is discussing new legislation to certify carbon removal technologies, European Science Academies sound the alarm that...

Survey finds that UK flying insects have declined by nearly 60% in less than...

A citizen-science survey, led by Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, has found that the abundance of flying insects in the UK has plummeted by...

EU Commission calls to pick up pace on reduction of chemical pesticide use

Today, the Commission published the latest figures showing progress towards the Farm to Fork pesticide reduction targets.  Chemical pesticides cause soil, water and air pollution,...

The RHS comments on the Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan for 2023

Alistair Griffiths, Director of Science and Collections at the RHS, comments on the Government's Environmental Improvement Plan for 2023 launched today: "It’s a huge...
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Additional support with funding of €350,000 at the launch of Ireland’s Social Farming Network

Minister Michael Creed T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, today launched Ireland’s Social Farming Network project in Co Leitrim. Speaking at Loch Aedín...