Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Protesters gather outside Shannonside Foods facility in Straffan following RTÉ programme that showed footage of horses being mistreated and beaten on site

Racing needs to take more active steps to uphold public confidence in welfare standards

Much-loved RTÉ journalist left a fascinating piece of semi-finished business when he died earlier this year

Rail freight, heat pumps, low-carbon agricultural feed and grid investment among measures agreed

Property Clinic: We’re concerned that we would be legally liable if one of the trees were to fall and cause damage

Money will fund 600-plus research roles in bioeconomy, agrifood, neurological disease and advanced manufacturing

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue says move follows months of ‘significant consultation’

Most people in Ireland ‘very concerned about climate change and solidly supportive of Government action to cut polluting emissions’

Trevor Shaw was let go on Christmas Day to make way for a garda to drive Charlie McConalogue after security advice changed

Despite extreme need, Department of Housing fails to use €141 million available to it last year and carries it over into 2024

Risk Government will not enact MPA Bill, impairing identification of sites for offshore wind development

Departmental secretaries general run much of the country’s public administration - on salaries ranging from €230,000 to almost €300,000

National Fodder and Food Security Committee convened as wheat, barley and beans face issues

Upgraded Ros an Mhíl port in Connemara sees major opportunity in renewables sector after declining fish quotas led to years of decline

Minister underlines the importance of Irish aid to beleaguered country

Most advisers aren’t on highest levels of Civil Service pay and they have none of the job stability of a civil servant

The Shared Island Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative was launched to focus on sustainable opportunities in agriculture and marine resources

Hawthorn most vulnerable to bacterial threat arising from imported plants, say environmental groups

Bulk of funding to support developing countries in adapting to inevitable negative impacts from global warming

The department saw its gender pay gap rise to 9.7% in 2023

‘We must continue to give R&D funding sufficient priority to ensure Ireland remains a strong innovation leader,’ say Simon Harris

Higgins and Varadkar raise Irish concerns about human rights in China during visit by Chinese premier Li Qiang

Announcement of move following BSE-linked suspension comes as Chinese premier Li Qiang meets Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin

The unpredictability of the weather was felt from the very beginning of the year but the real hit came with one of the hottest Junes on record creating drought-like situations

Minister predicts officials will issue 4,200 licences in 2024

Caterpillars from nests near Phoenix Park showed the colony was two years old

Highest rates are among children, with policy interventions recommended to address this risk

30,000 environmental requests from ‘John Does’ costing department and Coillte significant resources

‘My fear is the national narrative is making climate change to the 95 per cent of people who are not in agriculture somebody else’s problem,’ climatologist Peter Thorne says

Population growth and global warming compound difficulties in finding a global solution

Case of mad cow disease detected in 10-year-old animal that had been delivered for destruction

Cabinet will also hear that a funding scheme will be opened for farmers in Shannon Callows whose fodder was badly damaged by extreme weather

Friends of the Irish Environment sought to quash Food Vision 2030 on grounds it was not subjected to adequate environmental impact assessments

Budget 2024: Relief on stamp duty on transfers of farmland within a family, from 7.5% down to 1%, extended until the end of 2028

Though herd sizes increased on dairy farms in 2022, average emissions, including methane, on a whole farm and per hectare basis declined

Three years ago Catherine Cleary and her husband decided to build a native woodland. This is how they did it

Horse Sport Ireland last year saw entire board step down over major fallout

Taoiseach told farmers he would write to EU Commissioner to discuss derogation in move welcomed by IFA

Income and herd numbers set to fall: ‘There’s my mother, my father and myself all drawing wages from the farm’

Minister for Agriculture criticised for holding virtual meeting with EU Commissioner on Nitrates Directive instead of having in-person meeting