World Wetlands Day 2023

To mark World Wetlands Day (2 February), Minister of State ...
/ Biodiversity News

Approval for 11 Biodiversity Officers to Bring National Total to 25

11 local authorities have been awarded funding to appoint biodiversity ...
/ Biodiversity News

Locally-led Biodiversity Action Funds Doubled to €3 million

Minister of State for heritage and electoral reform, Malcolm Noonan ...
/ Biodiversity News

NRN Publishes EIP-AGRI National Conference 2022 Report

On Monday, the 28th of November 2022, the National Rural ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

Minister for State, Senator Hackett Travels to World’s Largest Organic Trade Fair, BIOFACH

Senator Pippa Hackett, Minister for State has stated that over ...
/ Biodiversity News

NRN Launches Children’s Poetry Competition to Mark World Wetlands Day (2 Feb)

To celebrate over 50 years of the Ramsar Convention and ...
/ Biodiversity News

Minister Humphreys Announces Successful Applicants Under Stage 1 of the LEADER Programme

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, today ...
/ LEADER News

Love Your Wellies Competition

The Love Your Wellies Competition is back and it’s bigger ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

Rural Project Learning Opportunity

The Horizon 2020, RURALIZATION Project via TU Delft University, are ...
/ Farm Viability News

Department Announces Sixth Competitive Call for Proposals for EIP-Agri Projects

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have recently ...

Legacy4LIFE Launch New Organic Farming Survey

The new LIFE project Legacy4LIFE just launched their survey in ...

First National “Woman in Agriculture” Conference: 1st Feb 2023

The Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Marine have recognised a ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

Results-Based Payments – A Farmers’ Perspective

NRN visited the family run farm of Michael Feehily in ...

Soil Health & Carbon Adaptation Action – Video Available

On December 6th, 2022, the National Rural Network (NRN) hosted ...
/ Biodiversity News

Climate Action Plan 2023 Launched

Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, T.D., ...
/ Climate Change News

Minister McConalogue Announces Commencement of First REAP

Payments €10m issuing to 3,000 farmers today The Minister for ...

Minister McConalogue Announces Commencement of GLAS-Plus Payments This Week

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue ...

Tranche 1 & 2 Organic Farming Scheme – Extension

The Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) provides financial support to farmers ...

Minister McConalogue Announces Commencement of Advance Payments for the Sheep Welfare Scheme

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, ...

Minister Hackett Announces Commencement of 2021 Organic Scheme Payments

The Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture Food ...

GLAS Extended for 2022

Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine recently ...

National Rural Network’s 4th Biodiversity Young Farmer of the Year Hails from Co. Roscommon

Eanna Tiernan, a young beef farmer from Elphin Co. Roscommon, ...
/ Biodiversity News

2021 NRN Biodiversity Young Farmer of the Year Award Launched

The National Rural Network (NRN) is delighted to renew its ...
/ Biodiversity News

Spot the Difference in Farm Biodiversity Competition – Winners Announced

Children up to 12 years old were recently invited to ...
/ Biodiversity News

Launch of Bioeconomy Ireland Week 2021

Minister of State, Martin Heydon TD with responsibility for Research ...
/ Biodiversity News

RDP 2014-2020: GLAS Scheme Success

On September 1st, 2021, the Minister for Agriculture, Food & ...
/ Biodiversity News

Results-Based Agri-environmental Pilot Project (REAP) Assessments

REAP is a pilot project designed to trial the results-based ...
/ Biodiversity News

Spot the difference in Farm Biodiversity Competition

The National Rural Network has launched a Spot the difference ...
/ Biodiversity News

€490,000 Awarded to Projects to Promote the Circular Economy Across Ireland

Minister of State with special responsibility for the Circular Economy ...
/ Climate Change News

Pilot Soil Sampling Programme

What is the Pilot Soil Sampling Programme The pilot Soil ...

Public Consultation on Ireland’s Draft Nitrates Action Programme

In early August, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and ...
/ Climate Change News

Signpost Series of Webinars

In association with Teagasc ConnectED, Dairy Sustainability Ireland, and Food ...
/ Climate Change News

TAMS II Updates

The Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) Tranche 23 will ...
/ Climate Change News

Explore and Expand Workshop

The Irish Bioeconomy Foundation is organising an 'Explore and Expand ...

McConalogue Launches Innovative €10 Million Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme

The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr Charlie ...
/ Biodiversity News, Climate Change News

LIFE Information Day Ireland 2021 (22nd Sept)

The LIFE National Contact Point in the Department of the ...
/ Biodiversity News, Climate Change News

European Natura 2000 Awards

The European Natura 2000 Award rewards excellence in the management ...

Reduce Your Energy Use with e-Learning from the SEAI Energy Academy

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has launched a ...

Ireland Will Not Meet 2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets

Action is needed now to meet 2030 EU targets Ireland ...
/ Climate Change News

Pearl Mussel Project Primary School Education Pack

The Pearl Mussel Project have recently launched the second in ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

Enable Conservation Tillage EIP-AGRI Project Featured in EU Publication

The “Enable Conservation Tillage (ECT)” EIP-AGRI Operational Group Project has ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

24 Locally-led Farm and Community Biodiversity EIP-AGRI Projects Awarded €3million in Funding

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

EIP-AGRI Species Conservation in Action Recap

The Irish National Rural Network ran an ‘EIP-AGRI Species Conservation ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025

On Monday, March 29th, the Government published Our Rural Future, ...

EIP-AGRI Species Conservation in Action Week Day 3 – Curlew EIP Project

Curlew EIP Project Overview This EIP-AGRI project aims to develop ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

EIP-AGRI Species Conservation in Action Day 2 – Hen Harrier Project

Hen Harrier Project Overview This EIP-AGRI Project is a €25 ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

EIP-AGRI Species Conservation in Action Week – Day 1 Pearl Mussel Project

Pearl Mussel Project Overview This €10 million EIP-AGRI Project seeks ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

Teagasc Water Quality Week 2021

The Teagasc Water Quality Week will be taking place from ...

OviData EIP-AGRI Project Featured in IOA’s Organic Matters Magazine

An article by Eamon Wall, OviData EIP-AGRI project leader and former ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

Working Together for Sustainable Farming’ – Teagasc Seminar

An upcoming seminar being held by Teagasc on the 3rd ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

EIP-AGRI Upland Projects in Action Week 2021 Recap

The Irish National Rural Network ran an 'EIP-AGRI Upland Projects ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

EIP-AGRI Upland Projects in Action Week – Day 5 North Connemara Locally Led Agri-environmental Scheme (NCLLAES)

North Connemara Locally Led Agri-environmental Scheme Overview This project aims ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

EIP-AGRI Upland Projects in Action Week – Day 4 Blackstairs Farming Futures (BFF) Project

Blackstairs Farming Futures Project Overview This project aims to develop ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

EIP-AGRI Upland Projects in Action Week – Day 3 SUAS (Sustainable Uplands Agri-environment Scheme) Project

SUAS Project Overview This EIP-AGRI project aims to address the ...
/ EIP-AGRI News

Rural Voices Report

The 'Rural Voices' report, recently published by the European Network ...

Collaborative Farming Agreements and Land Leasing Webinar

A recent ‘Farm Business Options’ Teagasc webinar on the 27th ...
/ Farm Viability News

Farming for Nature Award Nominees 2021

Profiles of all 51 successful nominees for this year's Farming ...
/ Farm Viability News

Entrepreneurial Young Trained Farmer Case Study Featured in the Media

The National Rural Network’s Entrepreneurial Young Trained Farmer case study ...
/ Farm Viability News

Minister Hackett Launches Organic Processing Investment Grant Scheme

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food ...

McConalogue Warns of Challenges Ahead After Suspension of CAP Talks

Following three-day CAP talks in Brussels, the Minister for Agriculture, ...

Farmers Have One More Week to Apply to Organic Farming Scheme

Minister of State Pippa Hackett has reminded farmers who are ...

Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025

On Monday, March 29th, the Government published Our Rural Future, ...

Teagasc Water Quality Week 2021

The Teagasc Water Quality Week will be taking place from ...

Minister Hackett Launches New Farming Biodiversity Initiative

Focus on locally-led Farm Projects Farmers, NGOs, Local Authorities, Communities ...

National Reserve set to Continue in 2021

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue ...
/ Farm Viability News

DAFM Pays Almost €1.73 Billion to Farmers Between September to December 2020

In mid-September payments under 2020 Schemes commenced and from that ...

New Campaign Celebrates the Impact of LEADER Programme

The National Rural Network (NRN) today launched a national campaign to celebrate the success of ...
/ LEADER News

Latest NRN LEADER Newsletter Published – August 2020

The National Rural Network have recently published the fifth edition ...
/ LEADER News

LEADER Supports Farm Diversification at Blackcastle Farm in Tipperary

The NRN have recently carried out a case study with ...
/ LEADER News

Irish NRN: LEADER Programme Promotion Week 2020 Recap

#LEADERPromotionWeek The NRN ran a ‘LEADER Programme Promotion Week’ on ...
/ LEADER News

LEADER Programme Promotion Week 2020

The Irish National Rural Network (NRN) will be running a ...
/ LEADER News

LEADER Programme Update – June 2020

Activity in the LEADER programme has continued to increase as ...
/ LEADER News

Information Policy on the CAP Survey

The European Commission has contracted PPMI – a European research ...

Meath River Rescue LEADER Project featured in Changing Ireland Magazine

A LEADER funded project with the Meath River Rescue Service ...
/ LEADER News

Helpful New Smart Rural Project Infographic

The Smart Rural Project (https://www.smartrural21.eu/) have produced an informative infographic ...
/ LEADER News

LEADER Programme Update

Activity in the LEADER programme has continued to increase as ...
/ LEADER News

Smart Rural Project – Expression of Interest

Smart Rural Project - Expression of Interest to become a ...
/ LEADER News

COVID-19 Response from the National Rural Network

The National Rural Network is carefully monitoring the escalating situation ...

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