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Fishing group CEO claims Irish fishermen "cannot survive" on EU quota

The CEO of a fishing representative body is claiming Irish fishermen "cannot survive" on the EU Common Policy quota. CEO of Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation, Patrick Murphy, spoke about the issue in a documentary released today called...

29 Sept 2021 at 18:34

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Ireland receives €5.7million in EU funding to conserve unique machair habitats

Ireland has received €5.7million in EU LIFE funding to conserve and improve the condition of the country's machair habitats. Machair is a coastal habitat of lime-rich, wind-blown sand unique to the north and west of Ireland and Scotland, with terrain...

23 Nov 2021 at 16:09

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Funding announced to help food producers diversify and develop post Brexit

...in national funding to help producers identify new markets and expand their offerings following Britain’s exit from the EU, a Fine Gael Senator has said. 22 projects in the dairy and meat sectors across the country are to receive funding from the...

09 Nov 2021 at 15:45

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IFA rally in Carrick-on-Shannon

... said that it was “vitally important” that farmers attended the meeting because the scheme was up for review as part of an EU wide plan to designate areas based on physical handicaps. “Farmers are being invited from the north-west and border areas,”...

30 Nov 2016 at 19:00

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POLL: Should Daylight Saving Time be scrapped?

...may not be the case. There have been claims that the practice can have negative effects on people's health. So far, other EU countries, Iceland, Turkey and Belarus have already scrapped the practice. A recently-published report by the ...

08 Feb 2018 at 14:58

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Longford Leader Farming: Farming must be at top of Brexit agenda

Brexit is the greatest threat to Irish farming in our lifetimes and there is a huge responsibility on Irish, EU and UK politicians to get the negotiations right, IFA President Joe Healy said last week. The IFA president was speaking at an event which...

15 May 2017 at 14:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Factories will be named and shamed

...this year.” Meanwhile, Minister Creed also confirmed that he and his officials will continue to reject any attempts by the EU to place further restrictions on the live export trade. “The Minister made it clear to the IFA that he is totally committed...

21 Dec 2018 at 17:00

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: The ‘Green Wave’ should bring the biggest polluters to shore

...re-cycling - it will take a bigger effort. I do hope that they will not be the generation to be overtaxed in order to meet EU targets. For years the government have “bought” their way out of doing something about climate change although it baffles me...

02 Jun 2019 at 15:00

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Election profiles: Smith to focus on a number of key issues

...are pinning their hopes on long serving Brendan Smith, a Cavan/Monaghan TD since 1992 and Anne Rabbitte TD to reclaim a EUropean Parliament seat for them. A former Minister, Deputy Smith, who was canvassing in Longford last week, said he knows the...

07 May 2019 at 18:00

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Greens call for cash refunds for airline customers

Green Party spokesperson for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Steven Matthews TD, has called for the EUropean legislation that gives airline customers a choice of getting a cash refund to remain in place throughout the Covid-19 crisis. Following...

01 May 2020 at 15:00

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Are we taking too many antibiotics?

Over 40% of Irish people have taken antibiotics in last 12 months, third highest in the EU after Malta (48%) and Spain (47%) according to a new EUrobarometer survey on Antimicrobial resistance. The EU average was 34% with Sweden...

18 Jun 2016 at 18:00

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