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Farmers who signed up for the Micro-generation Support Scheme are still "in the dark" in relation to payment or credit, according to a TD.

The IBLA has hit out at what it calls the "grossly inadequate" debate on agri-emissions, following the confirmation of a 25% emissions target.

The targets have been deemed a ‘step in the right direction’ but could also be ‘problematic’ in reaching Ireland’s overall climate targets.

The INHFA has said that a 25% reduction in agricultural emissions will have a heavy, negative impact on rural Ireland.

In the aftermath of the hottest day in Ireland in more than 130 years last week, small family groups picked their way across the Bog of Allen in the country’s midlands collecting sun-dried turf. The briquettes of peat, which are liquorice black when hewn wet from the ground, had turned a toasted brown in the soaring temperatures and were ready to be stored and burnt as winter fuel. Yet the bog, like others across Ireland, has become a front line in a struggle to cut carbon emissions and conserve peat lands, pitting rural communities against urban policymakers. “There’s very deep anger an...