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Two Irish Projects Shortlisted for the European Rural Inspiration Awards
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EU LIFE Programme – 2019 Call for Proposals and National Contact Point Information Day
Providing environment and climate action funding, the EU LIFE Programme opened its 2019 call for proposals in early April. Following the call’s opening, the LIFE National Contact Point at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE) held an...
read moreNRN Launches Habitat-loss Photo Competition
The National Rural Network has launched a photo competition titled ‘Habitat loss threatens all our futures’. Habitats and natural ecosystems are crucial to the preservation and conservation of biodiversity. There are many large-scale projects such as restoring...
read moreEIP-AGRI: Ireland’s Operational Groups 2019 – Booklet Launch
The National Rural Network team at NUI Galway have designed and produced a booklet entitled ‘EIP-AGRI: Ireland’s Operational Groups 2019’ to highlight and promote the 23 Irish EIP-AGRI Operational Groups selected by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine....
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How do we Transition to Smart Farming in Ireland?
In this guest blog, Dr Peter Mooney and Dr Liadh Kelly, Lecturers in the Department of Computer Science at Maynooth University, provide us with a comprehensive insight into the huge potential of Smart Farming Technologies to improve the...
read moreThe Role of EIP-AGRI Operational Groups to Realign Policy
In this guest blog, Dr Barry McMahon, Associate Professor in the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin (UCD), where he acts as Programme Director of the MSc in Wildlife Conservation and Management, details his thoughts and opinions on how...
read moreRealising the Potential of Forestry in Ireland through EIP-AGRI
In this guest blog, Dr. Nuala Ní Fhlatharta, Head of the Teagasc Forestry Development Department, provides us with an insightful and comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges facing the forestry sector in Ireland. Dr Ní Fhlatharta also highlights two...
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