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Charlie McConalogue

Politics

Charlie McConalogue the minister with highest emissions from St Patrick’s Day trips

The government is sending representatives to dozens of countries for the holiday
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 15, 2023
Climate & Environment

Stakes are high as €1.3bn strategy aims to grow forestry farming

The government’s new €1.3 billion forestry programme, unveiled last week, will need to win over a farming community largely uninterested in tree planting – and mistrustful of the state’s forestry service
  • Michael Brennan
  • November 12, 2022
Agriculture

Cork research farm cuts carbon emissions by almost 20%

Farm Zero C research project is also testing methods to reduce methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia output
  • Lorcan Allen
  • November 2, 2022
Politics

Rhetoric, tension and pressure but no revolt in coalition wrangle over farm emissions targets

Environment minister Eamon Ryan gave agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue a bowl of cherries from his garden, a gesture that may have helped to sweeten the atmosphere in the negotiations over reducing emissions in the agriculture sector
  • Michael Brennan
  • July 30, 2022
Climate & Environment

Farmers to get lower carbon target with review in 2025

The compromise target is likely to be agreed after backbench rural TDs threatened to resign their party whips, but it could be raised if methane-inhibiting technologies prove viable
  • Lorcan Allenand
  • Michael Brennan
  • July 23, 2022
Agriculture

Milk production to decline by 1% in 2022

Irish dairy farmers, grappling with increases in the cost of energy, fertiliser and animal feed, are reducing their cattle numbers
  • Lorcan Allen
  • June 11, 2022
Wildlife

Old Irish Goats given special status

Breed with origins going back an estimated 5,000 years currently has no legal protections
  • Catherine Sanz
  • June 9, 2022
Agriculture

Retirement scheme and emissions cap among radical measures proposed for dairy sector

The Minister for Agriculture is to receive a report setting out options to reduce emissions from Irish dairy farms, but some of the proposals could prove controversial
  • Lorcan Allen
  • May 15, 2022
Agriculture

Radical reforms needed to slash dairy emissions, report warns

A cap and trade system on methane levels and retirement scheme are among the measures proposed
  • Lorcan Allen
  • May 15, 2022
Agriculture

Editorial: Government must act quickly on key issue of dairy farming emissions

The threat posed by the climate crisis means that Irish farmers will need to agree to a cut of close to 30 per cent in emissions
  • Business Post
  • May 15, 2022

Lorcan Allen: Exhorting farmers to plant more crops won’t make much difference to food shortfall

As shortages loom, the government target of an extra 25,000 hectares looks likely to be meet but it doesn’t account for a drop in yields due to the fertiliser shortage
  • Lorcan Allen
  • March 27, 2022

Susan O’Keeffe: For the wrong reasons, Ireland could become a self-sufficient, food-secure country

Charlie McConalogue may be wrong in the moment to encourage the growth of feed crops rather than food but he is right in the longer term
  • Susan O'Keeffe
  • March 18, 2022

All farmers to be told to plant crops amid fears of food security crisis

Government also plans to introduce swing mechanism for excise duty to stabilise petrol and diesel prices
  • Lorcan Allen,
  • Daniel Murrayand
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 6, 2022

Ministers approved €53k salary boost for new Horse Racing Ireland chief

Suzanne Eade was appointed to the role late last year on an annual wage of €190,000, despite the starting salary for the position being €137,356
  • Ken Foxe
  • January 16, 2022

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