The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today announced a series of in-person Farmer Clinics to assist farmers in making their applications online for the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and other area-based schemes.
Minister of State for Land use and Biodiversity Senator Pippa Hackett, welcomed the award by the EU Commission of €2.2m towards a Bord Bia led organic promotion campaign. The campaign will begin in Spring 2024 and will see funding of €2.2m from the EU and €0.5m from Bord Bia to give a record spend of […]
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, and Minister of State with special responsibility for research and innovation, Martin Heydon, announced a world-first scientific breakthrough that can enable reducing methane from the Irish cattle herd through animal genetics. This will be possible because of the publication of methane evaluations which
Minister Charlie McConalogue officially named the new €10 million Fishing Pier at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre, which is one six State-owned Fishery Harbour Centre. This major redevelopment project was funded through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. Officially opening The Fishing Pier,
The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, Minister of State with responsibility for Forestry, Senator Pippa Hackett, and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, announced proposed new forestry supports €1.3 billion in Irish forestry. The funding will be for the next national Forestry Programme and represents the largest ever investment by an Irish
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, launched the €30 million 2023 Fodder Support Scheme. Launching the measure, Minister McConalogue said, “supporting our family farms through this continued period of uncertainty remains a key priority of mine and the government as a whole. There continues to be price pressure for agricultural input costs,
