Forestry Policy Group: 85% believe too little forestry happening in Ireland
Focus on regulatory review and improvement in licencing output
The Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett, today, chaired the 9th...
Minister opens Sensory Garden at Mountlucas Wind Farm
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Pippa Hackett recently opened the new Sensory Garden at Mountlucas Wind Farm....
Have your say on the future of forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has launched a public consultation survey on the future of forests in Ireland today. This is...
Minister meets farm organisations on Ukraine supply chains
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., met with the main farm organisations and Teagasc yesterday to discuss the impact on...
Ministers back diversity, inclusion and fair and equal treatment on International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day (March 8th) the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, has said that amongst his Department’s core...
International Year of Plant Heath 2020 Update – DAFM
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, Ireland’s International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) activities are being extended until June 2021. This is also the case at...
Unsolicited Seeds from outside the EU – DAFM
Over the last number of weeks, DAFM received reports from members of the public who received packets of seeds which they hadn’t ordered from...
The Bare Root Season is Underway – DAFM
We have now entered the dormant months and the bare root/rootball trading season is underway. As always we should source Irish grown plants and...
Minister Pippa Hackett welcomes the expenditure allocations announced in Budget 2020
The Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett today welcomed the 2021 Budget, saying it includes many important...
Department announces continued support for Social Farming under the Rural Innovation and Development Fund...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced the projects that will receive support this year under the Department’s Rural Innovation and Development...