Food and farming bodies have defended their role in climate action and warned it is simplistic to talk of slashing herd numbers or swapping pasture for tillage.

ONE of the country’s leading energy engineering experts has called on the Government and policymakers to “ramp up” our policy on improving energy efficiency and use of renewable energy in homes and transport.

DUBLIN’S population is heading for two million but anyone hoping to escape the crowded city for a rural idyll may get a lot less than they bargained for.