THERE will be two nitrates derogation levels in Ireland in 2024 with some farmer retaining the 250kg derogation.Earlier this month, the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said the derogation limit would drop to 220 kg/ha from January 1st following a decision by the
FORMER FINE GAEL councillor Noel O’Donovan, who quit politics in 2017 to become a garda, is back in the political fold after he was selected to run for the party in the Skibbereen West Cork area in next year’s local elections.Both he and Brendan McCarthy from Skibbereen were
Farmers are concerned that any reduction in the current nitrates derogation rate could devastate the industry, but there may still be time to lobby Europe, reports Emma ConnollyIT’S crucial that dairy farmers and stakeholders get their voices heard in Dublin and Brussels over t
THE company behind a nursing home in Belgooly, which is due to close in the next six months, has denied that the closure has anything to do with its parent company going into liquidation earlier this summer.Just over two weeks ago, Aperee Living made the shock announcement that i