THE willingness of Agriculture Minister, Simon Coveney, to implement key changes in the Beef Data and Genomics Scheme (BDGP) over the coming weeks will determine whether...
Family, friends and former colleagues of an Aran Island peacekeeper – officially missing in action since 1981 – gathered on Inis Oírr for a moving ceremony...
THE Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, and his Department, may be on ‘sticky legal ground’ if they intend to pursue a policy of clawbacks in relation...
AGRICULTURE Minister, Simon Coveney, has been accused of using ‘a sledgehammer to crack a nut’ with the introduction of new regulations in relation to the bovine...
A MID-JUNE extended deadline for the receipt of Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS applications will go a long way towards freeing-up the logjam faced by planners...
TWENTY two organisations covering a wide span of farming and environmental interests have written to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, warning him that land eligibility...
Marine Minister Simon Coveney has refused to outline any timescale for a decision on the controversial salmon farm proposed off the Aran Islands. Despite repeated promptings...
AGRICULTURE Minister Simon Coveney has asked the European Commission to allow a category of applicants known as the ‘old young farmers’ apply for allocations from the...
