Charlie McConalogue

Vessels bought with aim of enhancing patrol capabilities on the east coast

Climate target for agriculture ‘is anything but business as usual and will require transformational change’

Group calls for Department of Agriculture to tighten regulations

Department of Agriculture has oversight of 12 state boards but women currently under-represented

Privatisation of forestry raises serious questions about this increasingly valuable asset

Deal between Coillte and Gresham House is binding and cannot be reversed, Charlie McConalogue says

Retailers, food producers, processors and others who are found to have engaged in unfair trading practices with farmers or other suppliers will be open to fines

Bord Bia’s latest food and drink export figures draws negative response from the dairy sector

Our relationship to animals is one of possession, a human privilege. It would be both kinder and safer to reframe that relationship as one of guardianship

Breakthrough opens up potentially huge market for Irish farmers

Board members warn legal battles could undermine ‘financial stability’ of Horse Sport Ireland

Carbon budgets will challenge the agriculture sector like never before, Minister for Agriculture says

Appointment of Ms Coughlan to new role has led to speculation she could make a return to national politics

Green Party in Kerry favours reducing the cost of rail travel to help compete with cheap flights

McConalogue says culling of 8,000 birds a ‘pretty small’ number given two million Christmas dinners served nationally

Wave of resignations followed fractious split in governing body’s board in recent weeks

Documents show significant payments made in recent years to settle disputes with employees

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue appoints new directors to horse sport body

Committee to discuss holding hearing on governance issues at horse sport body

If the bid is successful, seven games could be played between the Aviva Stadium and Croke Park

Will Micheál Martin opt for Foreign Affairs? Can Stephen Donnelly survive the changes? And where will Simon Harris end up?

Programme scheduled to increase the grant for planting native trees

Department confinement order follows growing threat of bird flu outbreaks on farms

Representative bodies asked to ‘appropriately consider gender balance before sending nominations’

Charlie McConalogue says he has started the process to recruit a so-called ‘food ombudsman’

Move follows Government-led trade mission, supported by Bord Bia, to promote Irish agri-food in southeast Asia

New technologies are coming and agriculture is making progress in cutting emissions, he argues

Government move a ‘sell-out of our family farm model’ which would make ‘whole classes of farms unviable’, ICMSA says

Coalition party leaders are meeting Minister for Agriculture in attempt to break deadlock on carbon-emissions cuts

Differences between parties over extent of cuts required by farming has delayed announcement of figures

Farming lobby against backing emissions cuts of more than 22 per cent

Boosting of sustainable ‘carbon farming’ under examination along with solar energy

‘EU will not stand aside. Together with Ukraine, we shall use food for the defence of peace’ says EU agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski

Minister for Justice seeks extension of Act providing for non-jury Special Criminal Court

Language in new hospital documents subject to recent scrutiny over potential influence of Church

Fishers to be offered payments tie-up trawlers for two months

Ministers to be asked to approve €55m scheme for farmers who grow silage

War in Ukraine a challenge to food and fertiliser supply chains, McConalogue says

Ban on the sale of turf is due to come into force in September

McConalogue to lead major agrifood trade mission to US this week