Category: Environment
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Clean Coasts and Irish Water are asking the people of Tipperary to ‘Think Before You Flush’ on World Toilet Day
Issued 18th November 2021: This Friday, November 19th is UN World Toilet Day, a day to celebrate toilets and raise awareness of the 3.6 billion people worldwide living without access to safely managed sanitation. To mark the day, the Think Before You Flush campaign is asking the people of Tipperary to value your toilet. Let’s…
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Rethink Ireland and Ornua award €200,000 to organisations building green sustainable communities in Ireland
An organisation working to end the need for single-use plastic water bottles, a citizen science project empowering people around the country to monitor their local waterways, and a conservation charity preserving Ireland’s biodiversity. These are among the projects, announced by Rethink Ireland, that will receive funding as part of their Glas Communities Fund. The Glas Communities…
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Additional €549,269 Allocated to Thurles Market Quarter – Lowry
Thurles Market Quarter is to receive an additional €549,269 in funding under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. This brings the total funding allocated to the project to €3.4million. As confirmed by Deputy Michael Lowry in April, this exciting venture was approved for €3m funding under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. This additional funding…
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EU Water Quality Report Shows Signs of Improvement in Ireland – IFA
IFA Environment Chairman Paul O’Brien said the Water Quality Report from the European Commission shows some encouraging signs for water quality improvement in Ireland. In particular, the report shows improvements in 152 of 726 water bodies that were prioritised areas for action in the WFD River Basin Management Plan 2018-21. He said recent comments from…
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Budget attacks rural communities, consumers, and motorists – The Rural Independents
From blatantly biased to discriminatory; Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Greens Budget – whacks consumers, motorists, and homeowners, through regressive carbon tax hikes; while, rewarding banks with massive tax cuts, according to the Rural Independent TDs Speaking from his Tipperary constituency today (Wednesday 13th October), the Leader of the Rural Independent Group, Deputy Mattie Mc…
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Agriculture Committee resumes Nitrates Directive and Action Programme debate
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food, and the Marine will meet today, Wednesday, 13 October at 5:30 pm to resume debate, in two sessions, on the Nitrates Directive and water quality monitoring with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nitrates Directive and Ireland’s Action Programme with officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Housing, Local…
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Horticulture sector abandoned by Govt inaction
Horticultural growers, led by IFA President Tim Cullinan, are protesting outside Leinster House in Dublin today. The protest is highlighting the ongoing challenges around harvesting horticultural peat and its central role in the sector. The matter will be raised in the Senate this afternoon, where Senators will question the logic of importing peat when we…
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Additional Walking Trails Boost for Rural Tourism – IFA
IFA National Hill Farming Chairman Flor McCarthy has welcomed the announcement by Minister Heather Humphreys that 31 new walking trails will be added to the National Walks Scheme. Funding for new Rural Recreation Officers was also announced. The National Walks Scheme has been critical to developing recreational tourism in peripheral areas and supports farmers in…
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Govt Has to Address Peat Debacle If Horticulture Sector is to Have a Future
IFA President Tim Cullinan said the Government’s inaction on the peat issue is utterly unacceptable. “The three Ministers need to get together and sort this out. We need political leadership here. We are sick of everyone blaming everyone while small growers and businesses which provide employment in rural Ireland are being put out of business by Government inaction.…
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New legislation will clarify law on property rights for landowners in Tipperary – Ahearn
The Government has agreed to enact a Bill which will clarify the law on how some property rights, such as rights of way, are validated and registered, providing certainty for landowners in Tipperary, Fine Gael Senator has said. Senator Garret Ahearn said, “New rules on registering easements, rights which allow the use of someone else’s…