The Latest NRN newsletter has just been published. Issue 10, Winter 2011 [Download] New Student Enterprise in Tipperary Global Audience for Run Connemara National Rural [...]

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, today announced grant awards of approximately €10 million for research projects being undertaken, on [...]

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, recently welcomed the agreement reached on agriculture at the UN climate conference in Durban. [...]

The second National Biodiversity Plan was recently launched at the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. The plan outline the measures Ireland will take on biodiversity over the [...]

Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has announced the launch of the 2012 Bioenergy Scheme to grant aid the planting of [...]

The Minister for Environment has given sanction to Galway Rural Development company to approve funding of up to €200,000 to the Slieve Aughty Centre, Loughrea. [...]

Northern Irish Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Michelle O’Neill today said that investment in skills was a key ingredient to help grow the local food [...]

By Caitriona Murphy, Irish Independent, Tuesday November 29 2011 The number of farms in Europe fell by a massive 20pc between 2003 and 2010, according [...]

“A significant number of farmers and  forestry owners will benefit from the introduction shortly of a new Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff (REFIT) to encourage the [...]

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, recently encouraged farmers to consider entering farm partnerships. “Farm partnerships can bring improved economic [...]