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Potential archaeological site in Co Kerry damaged by development company Kippagh Developments failed to submit archaeology monitoring report for Lissivigeen plot
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Lissivigeen Stone Circle, Killarney, County Kerry, also called the Seven Sisters, are surrounded by a 1m high hedge. Photograph: Valerie O’Sullivan
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The placenames that litter the lands that stretch eastwards north of the River Flesk outside Killarney all the way to the Paps Mountains and south to Mangerton carry the history and stories of millennia.
Teagasc has appointed a new organic farming specialist who will commences the role today (Monday, May 24).
Joe Kelleher previously worked as a dairy business and technology advisor based in the Limerick/Kerry advisory region.
He joins Elaine Leavy as part of the national organic farming team in Teagasc, and will support advisors and work with organic farmers.
Joe Kelleher
Kelleher graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree.
He has also completed a level 6 Specific Purpose Certificate in Facilitation Learning and a Diploma in Leadership Development (Level 9) from University College Cork and the Irish Management Institute.
May 21, 2021 5:08 pm
The Farm Environmental Study (FES) pilot, which was announced today (Friday, May 21), has met with strong support from the organisation representing private agricultural consultants.
The study will, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), generate a database habitat and biodiversity data at farm level to allow analysis of farm habitats and establishing a baseline for targeted agri-environmental schemes in the future.
The Agricultural Consultants’ Association (ACA) argued that having such a baseline measurement is “critical for the future of the entire agricultural sector”.
“As part of ACA’s key targets in 2021 and 2022 and towards the next CAP [Common Agricultural Policy] – submitted to the department last autumn – we outlined the critical need for baseline measurements on Irish farms.
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