2013 Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards to Celebrate Ireland’s Young Volunteers
“There’s No Time Like the Present and No Present Like Time” This week marks the launch of the seventh annual Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards, the only programme of its kind in Ireland that acknowledges the outstanding acts of volunteerism by Ireland’s youth. All second-level students who volunteer in their community, at school or abroad […]
Phil Hogan’s €5 ‘special offer’ septic tank tax will be decisively rejected by midnight tonight by an overwhelming majority
Responding to tonight’s midnight deadline for the €5 ‘special offer’ for registering your septic tank Owen Curran from the Donegal campaign and national campaign septic tank sub committee said: “Tax-payers in rural areas feel hard done by that billions have been spent in the last ten years on up-grading waste-water treatment systems in urban areas. […]
Extensive Rural Public Consultation will set policy on how to create jobs locally – Hogan
Source: Department of Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government today (26th September, 2012) announced the establishment […]
3 days left to avail of reduced ‘Protect Our Water’ Registration Fee of €5
Speaking at the National Ploughing Championships today (26th September), the Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government Phil Hogan T.D. encouraged owners of septic tanks to avail of the reduced registration fee of €5, before the deadline of September 28th 2012. The Minister thanked the 113,000 householders who have already registered and are playing their part […]
Extensive Rural Public Consultation will set policy on how to create jobs locally – Hogan
Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government today (26th September, 2012) announced the establishment of a Commission to carry out an extensive public consultation on the future economic potential of rural Ireland and how best to channel funding and resources between 2013 and 2025. Announcing the Commission Minister Hogan said: […]
National Rural Development Conference 2012 – 16th October 2012
Click here for Conference Invitation Click here for Conference Programme National Rural Development Conference 2012 ‘Maximising the Use of Rural Resources’ Organised by Teagasc and […]
Coveney announces €20M Agri-Enviornment Options Scheme (AEOS)
Source: Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD., announced yesterday that he is re-opening […]
Have questions about the Gender Equalisation ruling and what it’ll mean for your motor insurance?
As some of you may have caught, Conor was on the Mooney Show this afternoon chatting all about the Gender Equalisation Ruling and what it’ll mean for everyone’s motor insurance premiums. While it’s likely to affect all of us, its pa…
Weather Impact to Hit Farming Hard this Winter – IFA
Speaking from the Ploughing Championships in Wexford today (Tues), IFA President John Bryan said the full impact of the wettest summer on record and spiralling feed costs will add €400m to bills on farms this winter. “The price/cost squeeze will inevitably have a very negative effect on farm incomes this year, and farmers will need […]