January 12, 2021 10:23 am
A farmer from Beaufort, Co. Kerry, was convicted and fined at Caherciveen District Court on Thursday, December 10, 2020, following a prosecution taken by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI).
The farmer was fined €3,300 plus costs, the authority said – amounting to approximately €4,000 in total.
Judge Waters convicted the farmer under Section 173 (d) of the Fisheries Consolidation Act 1959 for carrying out works in the Gaddagh River which damaged sensitive spawning beds.
While a charge of obstruction was struck out, Judge Waters commented that he could not ignore the defendant’s behaviour when considering the appropriate penalty.
The Gaddagh River, a tributary of the River Laune and in an SAC (Special Area of Conservation), is an important spawning habitat for Atlantic Salmon, a species protected under Irish and European law.
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Absolutely devastated - residents react to approval for Laois gas plant
Reporter:
6 Jan 2021
A biogas plant which takes gases from organic rotting waste. A new plant has been approved in Laois );
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The first biogas plant in Laois was approved yesterday and nearby residents have said they are absolutely devastated .
The plant was sought by Bord na Móna Powergen Ltd and will be built on their bog at Cúil Na Móna Bog in the townland of Clonboyne and Clonkeen, Portlaoise.
Up to 30,000 trucks a year will bring 80,000 tonnes of organic waste including animal waste and brown bin contents into Laois to the site, to be rotted down in tanks. The resultant gasses will be collected and used to replace fossil fuel gas as a renewable source on the Irish gas network.
January 3, 2021 7:00 am
It is integral for the future of rural Ireland that employment opportunities are created, in order to keep young people in communities. Has Covid-19 not only shed further light on rural decline, but also shown how it can be stopped?
Séamus Boland has worked in the civil society for over 40 years and, using this experience, he tells
AgriLand that the impacts of Covid-19 will be long-lasting, especially for the vulnerable, and those in rural Ireland.
With the start of the 2020 to 2025 term of office of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Boland, CEO of Irish Rural Link, has taken over the presidency of its Diversity Europe Group.