Organisation: Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food

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Ireland could be fined on nitrates by October

THE European Commission could move to fine Ireland next October for not implementing the Nitrates Directive, according to the Department of the Environment.

Thu, 17 Feb, 2005

Between Directive and a hard place

Irish farmers deserve credit for how they have controlled the effluent from the livestock equivalent of 64 million humans. Instead, they get the Nitrates Directive, after 13 years of dithering. Stephen Cadogan reports.

Thu, 17 Feb, 2005

Puppy farms profit from cruelty

I REMIND you of the horrific pictures of Irish puppy farm dogs seized earlier this year. In response, former environment minister Martin Cullen set up a group to review dog breeding establishments nationally.

Fri, 19 Nov, 2004

Decoupling 'a powerful incentive for forestry'
DECOUPLING next January releases 450,000 hectares of land from livestock farming and introduces a powerful incentive for farmers to engage in forestry, according to economic consultant Dr Peter Bacon.

Thu, 18 Nov, 2004

N derogation to widen REPS scope

REPS for more intensive farmers will be one of the benefits of a derogation from the Nitrates Derogation which Ireland is seeking at EU level.

Thu, 16 Sep, 2004

Farmers not ready for REPS planning
IRELAND is still some distance away from allowing farmers to do their own REPS planning, said Michael O’Donovan of the Department of Agriculture and Food during a recent presentation, on REPS 3, to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food.

Thu, 16 Sep, 2004

Women do 13% of work, expected to inherit 20% of Irish farms
WOMEN pull more than their weight in Irish farming, according to the 2003 Teagasc National Farm Survey.

Thu, 12 Aug, 2004

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