The European Commissions’ Rural Development Committee (RDC) has voted on the last proposals from Member States/regions for using EU Recovery Plan and CAP Health Check [...]

The Common Agricultural Policy plays a critical role in helping farmers to deliver environmental goods and services, provided that policies are targeted in the right [...]

Last week Forfás published their report “Ireland’s Broadband Performance and Policy Actions”. According to the report Ireland has 21.4 subscribers per 100 inhabitants compared to the OECD average of [...]

Welcome to the latest “News Bites” from the Irish National Rural Network where we bring you a sample of local, national and international “news bites” that [...]

Please find attached the latest list of LEADER Transnational cooperation projects. New projects are  highlighted with green in the table of content. Some offers are addressed [...]

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, confirmed that Ireland’s revised Rural Development Programme (RDP) has been approved by the EU Rural [...]

My New Year’s resolution is to bring you a sample of local, national and international “news bites” that are hopefully of interest to you, our [...]

Please find attached two new calls for transnational cooperation projects which may be of interest.

Farmers can once again apply for support under the Organic Farming Scheme which has been re-opened following it’s temporary closure in mid-2009.

The Common Agricultural Policy will undergo significant change from 2013, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith. He called on all [...]