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SHARING OPTIONS: Tim Cullinan assumed the IFA presidency with high expectations resting on his shoulders. In his inaugural speech, he demanded our politicians, then contesting a general election, step up for farmers. “We have heard enough waffle. We need action,” he said. It’s difficult to compare the IFA’s activity in 2020 to previous years under previous presidents. COVID-19 has taken away its normal rounds of meetings with farmers and face-to-f...

17.19 Tánaiste Leo Varadkar says that if the government was to undertake a Zero Covid strategy, it would be difficult to "unseal" the country. "When do you ever unseal? "We would expose a naive population to the virus at one point," he says. He added that Nphet and government find Zero Covid "frustrating" that Zero Covid would lead to Ireland "living like New Zealand": "Its a false promise". "Nphet have never advised Zero Covid, they advise that we suppress virus to lowest level," added Mr Mar...

SHARING OPTIONS: In Ireland, the majority of this wetland falls under peatland from which peat for energy and horticultural purposes has been extracted. Ireland will report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals from managed wetlands, including those from the countrys bogs, from this year. Under the EU regulations, managed wetland includes wetland which remains as wetland, settlement or other land, converted to wetland; or wetland converted to settlem...

Share this article An immunology expert says people who have not been infected by COVID-19 should receive the vaccine first. Research suggests people who have previously had the virus are highly unlikely to contract it again. The University of Oxford study found the disease offers protection from re-infection for at least six months. Nursing home residents are due to begin receiving vaccines tomorrow, with the Minister for Health saying that all residents and staff will receive their first dose...