Details of Agri-Environment Options Scheme Announced

March 30, 2010
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Today the Department of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries announced details of the new Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) and the Natura 2000 Scheme.

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UPDATE: REPS4 Traditional Farm Buildings

February 8, 2010

Thanks to all those who made contact with us yesterday regarding the broken link in our article “REPS4 Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme 2010-2011“. The link has been fixed and the article can be viewed here.

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REPS4 Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme 2010-2011

February 7, 2010

A traditional farm building is a building or part of a building constructed before 1960 for a use associated with agriculture, and built using traditional methods and materials historically found locally such as timber, brick, stone, tile, slate or thatch.

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REPS: An Overview

June 3, 2009
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Recently we interviews Lorcan O’Shea from the REPS Section of the Department of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries. Here is what he had to say.

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REPS 4: A Planners View

June 3, 2009
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Recently we interviewed Tom Power a registered REPS planner to get his view on REPS.
Tom Power works in Terrance Morrissey and Associates an agricultural advisory firm based in Dungarvan in Co. Waterford. There are a total of 3 planners working in the office preparing REPS plans.

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Farming in REPS

June 3, 2009
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Seamus Drohan, a farmer from Co. Waterford, has been in REPS since 2003. We recently met with him and he spoke about his experiences with the programme.

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An Introduction to REPS

June 3, 2009
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Welcome to the first in our series of articles on REPS, in this article we will give you a brief introduction to REPS, how it works and who it is aimed at.

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