Farming Environment News Today

I once witnessed a verbal joust between two bishops — the Church of Ireland and the Catholic Bishops of Limerick.

A climate academic has warned of a potential “competition” for water that could one day emerge between householders and farms.

In 2016 the Current Consort and I bought a two-year-old electric car that had 25,000km on the clock. It cost us €16,000 after trading in a worthless diesel jalopy.

In the end it was a close-run thing played out to the background sounds of fierce street protests by farmers. The EU’s embattled plans to restore nature and wildlife in the coming decades just scraped the bar as they went over in a crucial European Parliament vote.

Large-scale solar farms are making their presence felt across the country and with hundreds more in the pipeline it is hoped that this renewable energy source will provide enough ‘clean electricity’ for up to 8m homes by 2030.

Query: Dear Mary Frances, I’m bothered by the actions of one of my neighbours, who I have seen removing internal hedgerows from his farm over the past two years.

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Ireland’s Green Party leader has expressed his concern around disinformation online.

The Shannon Callows Flood Scheme was introduced by the Department of Agriculture last year to support farmers who were not able to make fodder this year after exceptional flooding.

Agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue has said the climate impact must be considered in every aspect of farming.