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  Farmers will have the opportunity to share their views on Bord na Móna's peatland rehabilitation projects at an upcoming IFA meeting. IFA deputy president Brian Rushe has encouraged farmers to voice their opinion at the online meeting, which will take place via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 16 February at 8pm. The meeting will allow farmers to discuss the Bord na Móna peatlands climate action scheme, which aims to rehabilitate and restore approximately 33,000ha in over 80 Bord na Móna bogs. Adverse impacts The meeting with be chaired by Rushe and will be addressed by rural development cha...

Translated by Michael Biggins Katja Perat’s novel is a serio-comical fictional romp through the Habsburg Empire of the fin de siècle, beginning in 1874 Lemberg (present day Lviv/Lvov in Ukraine), continuing to Vienna, and ending in the Habsburg Adriatic seaport of Trieste in 1912.  Along her way, the protagonist, the daughter of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch encounters luminaries of the Empire’s cultural elite, including Gustav Klimt and his models Adele Bloch-Bauer and Emilie Flöge, Gustav and Alma Mahler, Sigmund Freud, Theodor Herzl, the Princess von Thurn und Taxis, Rainer Maria Rilke ...

Government accused of misleading farmers with ‘REPS 2’ promise 2021-02-08

Keith Bruce four stars ON the evening that Royal Conservatoire of Scotland student Michael Biggins became the first pianist to win BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the year, in the competition’s 21st year, Celtic Connections provided an object lesson in just how far roots music can take you in the space of a song. The starriest name on the bill was that of Rhiannon Giddens, out of South Carolina, now domiciled in Ireland, and here singing movingly in Italian with her new partner in life and in music, Francesco Turrisi, as well as from the songbook of Sister Rosetta T...

BBC News Published Pianist Michael Biggins has been named BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician for 2021. The 23-year-old, from Glasgow, took the prize ahead of five other finalists at a socially-distanced event at the BBC's Pacific Quay HQ. The judges said they were "enthralled by his stage presence" and "breath-taking performance". Past winners of the competition include piper Ali Levack, fiddler Benedict Morris and singer Hannah Rarity. Michael's prize includes a recording session with BBC Scotland and he will also perform at the Scots Trad Music Awards to be held in December. He s...