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Earlier payment date for Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Kilkenny Fianna Fáil TD and member of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, Bobby Aylward, has welcomed the news that following the commencement of payments under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme and the Grassland Sheep Scheme on September 22, the payments will all be made before the end of the year.
Irish food and drink exports increase
Recent months have seen a strong recovery in the value of Irish food and drink exports, helped by an improving exchange rate, increased meat export volumes, and a stronger export performance in the beverage, dairy and seafood sectors, according to Bord Bia chief executive Aidan Cotter.
Farm payment delays affecting cashflow, IFA warns
elays in processing farm payments by the Department of Agriculture are causing serious problems for farmers and are affecting many working in rural Mayo.
Western Family History Association meeting
The Western Family History Association will hold its bi-monthly meeting in the Oranmore Lodge Hotel in Oranmore next Wednesday at 8.15pm.
Galway Heritage Festival kicks off this weekend with free events
The Galway Heritage Festival, organised by Dúchas na Gaillimhe/Galway Civic Trust, will take place from Saturday August 21 to Sunday August 29, and promises to be informative and plenty of fun for all.
Ireland’s only computer museum exhibition opens in NUIG
An exhibition dedicated to the development of computer technology, video games, and communications opened this week at NUI Galway.
Galway Fianna Fáil members gather for city conference
Fianna Fáil members from throughout Co Galway will be gathering in the Clayton Hotel this Saturday for the Galway East/Galway West Fianna Fáil Conference.
NUI Galway rallies support for Jordan
In a unique charitable event laptop computers, donated by Galway businesses and educational institutions, will be carried overland from Germany to the Middle East in a rally car driven by NUI Galway postgraduate researcher Armin Haller before being donated to a school in Jordan.
Launch of Agri-Environment Options Scheme for farmers
The launch of the Department of Agriculture’s new €50 million Agri-Environment Options Scheme signals good news for farmers.
New environment scheme falls short of expectations - IFA
Kilkenny IFA chairman Joan Fitzpatrick said the new Agri-Environment Scheme to replace REPS, which was launched recently by the Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith, falls short of expectations and some farmers will be very disappointed that their payments will reduce under the new scheme.
