European news for Ireland
The EU’s Nitrates Committee has approved Ireland’s request for a further three-year derogation to EU water pollution law. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD said Ireland…
The European Commission has prepared the legal text to renew Ireland’s nitrates derogation. It is understood that the EU will propose an extension for another three years. The document has…
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued an advisory for enhanced surveillance and stricter biosecurity measures to try to counter a “surge” in bird flu cases across Europe. Between…
Farmers could receive inflation-linked pay rises under the next EU budget, European Commission President von der Leyen has suggested. Von der Leyen is trying to build support for her €2…
Ireland produces more greenhouse gas pollution per person than any other country in the European Union, according to new data released just days before the COP30 climate conference. The European…
The EU’s Environment Commissioner has signalled her support for Ireland to get a further derogation from a key part of water pollution law. Jessika Roswall visited Ireland last week where…
A second outbreak of bird flu has been discovered on a turkey farm in County Meath. It follows confirmation of the disease in a flock in County Carlow on Monday.…
The European Commission has set out a plan which it says will support young farmers and attract more people to farming. The European Commission for Agriculture, Christophe Hansen, has previously…
The EU’s Environment Commissioner, Jessika Roswall, will visit Ireland next month, the government has confirmed. It comes as ministers step up their case to try to convince the EU to…
The European Commission has proposed new safeguards which it says will strengthen protections for EU farmers following the Mercosur agreement. The European Union has agreed in principle to the EU-Mercosur…