A charity has hauled a ceramic sink up a range of volcanic hills near Glasgow to highlight the struggles of the world's poorest people to access safe water.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
A charity has hauled a ceramic sink up a range of volcanic hills near Glasgow to highlight the struggles of the world's poorest people to access safe water.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
The risk of a no-deal Brexit is still very real after EU and UK negotiators completed another day of talks yesterday.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
Tough new measures to cut emissions on farms announced last week are only a first step, Green Minister Pippa Hackett told supporters last week.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
Tough new measures to cut emissions on farms announced last week are only a first step, Green Minister Pippa Hackett told supporters last week.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Deadlines. They're the bane of every journalist's life. Most hacks file on time. Others? Well, some are renowned for filing late copy and it will probably come as no great...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Deadlines. They're the bane of every journalist's life. Most hacks file on time. Others? Well, some are renowned for filing late copy and it will probably come as no great...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Deadlines. They're the bane of every journalist's life. Most hacks file on time. Others? Well, some are renowned for filing late copy and it will probably come as no great...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Strange that under the cover of a global pandemic and Brexit chaos, our Government should have planned to fast-track the ratification of a trade deal known as Ceta (Comprehensive Economic...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Strange that under the cover of a global pandemic and Brexit chaos, our Government should have planned to fast-track the ratification of a trade deal known as Ceta (Comprehensive Economic...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Strange that under the cover of a global pandemic and Brexit chaos, our Government should have planned to fast-track the ratification of a trade deal known as Ceta (Comprehensive Economic...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
It's easy to lose a sense of perspective when you are too close to something – perhaps that's what has happened on Brexit. The swamplands, hills and troughs it has...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
It's easy to lose a sense of perspective when you are too close to something – perhaps that's what has happened on Brexit. The swamplands, hills and troughs it has...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
It's easy to lose a sense of perspective when you are too close to something – perhaps that's what has happened on Brexit. The swamplands, hills and troughs it has...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Cyclonic conditions along Australia's northeast coast generated huge seas that washed away beaches at popular tourist spots, and destructive winds and rain that caused widespread flooding.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Smiling and sporting a dark green cap with an American flag, Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, posed side by side with a former Ku Klux Klan leader at a campaign event...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Fresh claims have been made about Prince Andrew's movements around the time one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims alleges she had underage sex with him.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
New York's high profile Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday denied a former aide's allegations over the weekend that he sexually harassed her by making inappropriate comments about her appearance.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
America's electors ignored political pressure and security concerns yesterday to cast their votes for the next US president, with Joe Biden expected to be formally nominated.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
US attorney general William Barr, one of Donald Trump's staunchest allies, is resigning amid lingering tension over the president's baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into Joe Biden's...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
The transition to low-emission farming as outlined in the Ag Climatise Roadmap will result in higher food prices, ICMSA president Pat McCormack believes.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
Let there be no mistake — there are significant environmental changes coming to farming. It's just a case of when and to what extent these changes will arrive and how...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
Over two Monday nights I watched that excellent two-part television programme, The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine, broadcast on RTÉ and written by Ruán Magan.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
Farmers have been advised to secure as much fertiliser as possible at current prices amid warnings that costs could harden by €30-40/t in the spring.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
The ICBF has recently updated the gestation length figures based on insemination and calving data recorded over the past number of years.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
The 48,000 farmers in GLAS will receive instructions this week on the procedures to follow to roll-over their participation in the agri-environment scheme.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
The Government last week announced its most radical plan to reduce the environmental footprint of Irish farms.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
New research in UCD Lyons estate has found that high output dairy systems can be both profitable and environmentally sustainable.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
A Burren farmer was fined for felling trees on his lands without a licence, despite the court hearing the farmer “would consider some growth to be scrub as opposed to...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
The Government has stepped up work on a Brexit support package for farmers as Irish meat bosses in the UK warn the sector faces a ‘resourcing crisis'.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
A farmer who sold lands in Co Donegal at a “remarkable” €204,000 an acre at the height of the property boom is not entitled to an order requiring a property...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
Public servants working at the Department of Agriculture's Forestry Service received pay rises this year, despite the forestry sector being plunged into a state of national crisis over licencing backlogs.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
“The thin layer of soil covering the Earth's surface represents the difference between survival and extinction for most terrestrial life.”
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Farming
Tough new measures to cut emissions on farms announced last week are only a first step, Green Minister Pippa Hackett told supporters last week.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Science & Tech
Crowds of stargazers gathered on a beach in Pucon, Chile, to witness a total solar eclipse on December 14.
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Politics
California small businesses will have more time to file their tax returns in 2021. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Monday giving small businesses until the end of July...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Jared Porter knows his new boss with the Mets is counting on a championship. Pretty soon, too. That doesn't bother him one bit. “Hearing comments like that motivates me,” Porter...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine has stepped down after 2 1/2 years heading a newspaper roiled by management shakeups, a drop in revenue and questions about its commitment...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Thousands of people gathered in the Chilean region of La Araucanía on Monday to witness a solar eclipse, rejoicing in the rare experience even though visibility was limited because of...
Posted by | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Just how warm Earth stays this December will determine if 2020 goes down as the hottest year on record. And it's looking a lot like it will. The National Oceanic...
