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Minister Coveney Announces Commencement of Year 2 Payments under the Burren Farming for Conservation Programme

Source: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 17th February 2012 The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, confirmed on Friday last (17th February) that [...]
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Minister Announces Beef Technology Adoption Programme – “Programme a Key Driver in Implementing Food Harvest 2020 Targets”

Source: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 14th February 2012 The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, on Tuesday last [...]
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Food and Drinks Sector an Integral Part of Jobs Strategy, says Coveney

Source: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 13th February 2012 Measures will sustain and increase employment in food enterprises and aquaculture The Minister for [...]
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Coveney Welcomes Focus on Agri-Food Sector in Finance Bill 2012

“Finance Bill 2012 builds on the Government’s commitment to the agri-food sector as announced in the Budget and features a number of new initiatives that [...]
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Irish researcher scothes suggestion that whiskey has only one use

Source:  Dan MacCarthy, Irish Examiner 26th January 2012. It may astonish lovers of uisce beatha, but an Irish researcher has devised an alternative use for the [...]
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Minister Coveney welcomes €8.9 Billion Food and Drink Exports 2011

From the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – Date Released: 11 January 2012 Food and drink companies on track to deliver Food Harvest [...]
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Teagasc to launch Carbon Navigator for Dairy Farmers

By Caitriona Murphy, Irish Independent Tuesday January 10 2012 Dairy farmers who, up to now, have compared their farm against the neighbour’s farm in terms [...]
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Consultation with stakeholders on the review of certain aspects of the Irish Horseracing Industry – Submissions sought

Source: Department of Agriculutre, Food and Marine website The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, today launched, through notices placed in [...]
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IBEC, DIT and Bord Bia working to enhance marketing capability

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD today welcomed the start of a new Food Marketing Graduate programme involving 15 graduates [...]
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Coveney Maps the Path Forward for Agri-Food

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today launched ‘Food Harvest 2020 Milestones for Growth’ his view of the journey and [...]
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