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OPW: Over half of people surveyed don’t know how to help improve biodiversity in...

This is according to a new survey on attitudes and awareness of biodiversity in Ireland as the Office of Public Works launches a new...

Irish Peatland Conservation Council announce Festival of Nature

After an absence of two years, the Irish Peatland Conservation Council have announced a full list of events for this year's Féile an Dúlra...
Pictured from L to R were: Alan Farrell, Galway County Council; Mary Ryan Teagasc; Sinead Hennessy Fáilte Ireland; Hans Embacher, Holiday on the Farm Austria and Barry Caslin Teagasc, at the Teagasc / Galway County Council Agri-Tourism Conference 2018 in association with Fáilte Ireland in the Shearwater Hotel Ballinasloe Co. Galway.

Agri-tourism 2018 – promising perspectives of attracting international visitors in rural areas

An Agri-tourism conference is taking place in the Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe today, Monday, 15 October to highlight opportunities for farm families in developing an...

Statement from MoS Pippa Hackett on Peat and the Irish Horticulture Industry

I met with representatives from the Horticulture sector today. Horticulture is a sector I am very keen both to support and to develop. I have...
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Plastic under pressure – Bord Bia

Maureen Gahan, Foodservice Specialist, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board Ireland’s first plastic-free café opened last week in University College Cork. All plastic drink bottles have...

The war on single-use plastic – Bord Bia

Anna Ryan, Sustainability Development, Bord Bia – The Irish Food Board The topic of plastic waste has come to the forefront of the minds of...

Coillte Gift Native Trees to ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Award Winners for 2020

Coillte are delighted to partner with ECO-UNESCO for this year’s Young Environmentalist Awards – gifting over 100 native saplings to this year’s winners. ECO-UNESCO’s Young...

Mini woodland Initiative: South Dublin County Council

On the 27 of November the Tallaght Litter Mugs planted a mini woodland in Sean Walsh Park. This is a pilot project between the...
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Coillte 2019 forest operational & consultation meetings

Coillte wish to invite any interested parties to our annual forest operational consultation meetings. These meetings will provide an opportunity for stakeholders to share their...
ABOVE: JONATHAN FROGETT, MICHAEL GAFFNEY, JON SWAIN, GER CROSSE, DERMOT CALLAGHAN, LEO FINN PICTURED AT THE TEAGASC/FEC/EBTECH/ WOODCO SEMINAR

SSRH support scheme for renewable heat

The Support Scheme for Renewable Heat is a government funded initiative designed to increase the energy generated from renewable sources in the heat sector....