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It was an Awards Ceremony with a difference for Louth Looking Good this year with the results announced virtually for the first time in the competitions history. The campaign is organised by Louth Tidy Towns Together, in partnership with Louth County Council, and is part funded by County Louth LEADER under the Rural Development Programme with its key objective being to acknowledge the unrelenting efforts of Tidy Towns volunteers throughout the county as they strive to present their local commu...

December 17, 2020 11:34 am The Council of the EU, which brings together the government ministers from each member state, has formally adopted a budget – the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) – for 2021 to 2027. The €1.07 trillion budget will be bolstered by the ‘Next Generation EU’ recovery instrument, which adds €750 billion to the monies to be allocated over the coming years. It brings to €1.8 trillion the funding that will be provided over the lifetime of the MFF, which is ...

\ Valerie OSullivan There will be an increase in the maximum rate of aid in the LEADER food initiative from 50% to 75% in 2021 during the CAP transition period, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has confirmed. The €15m initiative is funded by the Department of Agriculture under the Rural Development Programme, providing support for new and existing artisan, micro and small food producers. A new call for applications will be launched in April 2021, following on from an initial €5...

December 16, 2020 4:44 pm The LEADER Food Initiative, which provides funding support for new and existing artisan, micro and small food producers, will continue next year during the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) transition period, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has confirmed. Announcing the news, the minister said: “This important programme will continue next year.” There will be an increase in the maximum rate of aid from 50% to 75% in line with chang...

Minister McConalogue confirms that LEADER Food Initiative will continue in 2021, with higher aid rates   The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, has confirmed that the LEADER Food Initiative, which provides funding support for new and existing artisan, micro and small food producers, will continue next year during the CAP transition period. Minister McConalogue stated: “I am pleased that this important programme will continue next year, and ...

Yorkshire Wolds Railway funding boost hope as the pandemic takes its toll The heritage railway at Fimber has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic The Yorkshire Wolds Railway is a popular tourist attraction (Image: Michael S Hopps) Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recomm...

Pembrokeshire people are being urged to take the scrunch test to see if your Christmas wrapping can be recycled. A video created by Pembrokeshire Eco Champions shows the simple test to check if your wrapping paper can be recycled. By simply scrunching up wrapping paper into a tight ball and seeing if it springs back or not can tell you how to dispose of the waste correctly. Wrapping paper which passes the scrunch test by staying in a tight ball and does not contain foil or glitter can b...

December 11, 2020 6:48 pm Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that European Commission approval has been received for the continuity of farm schemes in 2021. Announcing the news at 6:30pm this evening (Friday, December 11) Minister McConalogue said: “I am delighted to confirm that, following the approval by the European Commission of the amendment to the Rural Development Programme, we now have continuity of farm payments in 2021 for the main farm ...

December 10, 2020 9:09 am The current area under organic production in Ireland is to be increased to 350,000ha by 2030, according to a new plan by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Yesterday (Wednesday, December 9), the national climate and air roadmap for the agriculture sector – entitled Ag Climatise – was launched. The roadmap sets out a plan to develop the organic farming sector, increasing the current area under organic production to 350,000ha by 2030. Some 74,000ha ...

With the new CAP expected to come into force in 2023, EU approval has been secured for the extension of Irish farm schemes into next year.