Love Leitrim protest calls for urgent climate change action
Love Leitrim have organised a protest calling for urgent action on climate change from COP27. The protest, which will be taking place at the Famine Graveyard in Manorhamilton at midday on Saturday (November 12th), is aiming to highlight climate issues on both a local and national level. Speaking to Ocean…
Agri Week: Forestry jobs at risk, SEEFA call for Government actions and climate change impact on agriculture
On this week’s edition of Agri Week we talk to Enniscrone native Marina Conway from Western Forestry Co-op. Forestry group are appealing to Government to prevent demise of 12,000 jobs amid licensing crisis. A group called SEEFA Social Economic and environmental Association are appealing to the Government to take action.…
Climate change demonstrations taking place in Sligo and Leitrim
Events are taking place in Sligo and Leitrim today with the aim of raising awareness around climate change. A demonstration is getting underway from 12pm at Wine Street Car Park in Sligo and members of Treasure Leitrim are meeting for a socially distanced event at Manorhamilton Castle from 3pm. Jamie…
Climate change now a real issue at local level, says Donegal councillor
A Donegal county councillor says the local authority’s annual drainage budget is not enough to deal with half of the flooding problems within the county. Donegal Municipal District Fine Gael Councillor Barry Sweeney is calling for more funding and resources to deal with the increasing incidences of flooding to property…
Sligo IFA chairperson says farmers must be recognised as part of solution to climate change
Environmentalists as well as political, business and farm leaders in the north west say everyone must work together in the effort to halt what will be the catastrophe of climate change — and that the time to do so is running out. It’s after a stark United Nations Intergovernmental Panel…
Local farming representatives in Dublin to protest against Climate bill
Farming officials from the North West are traveling to Dublin today to meet with TD’s from Sligo Leitrim and Donegal in relation to the Climate action bill which will be introduced in the Dáil today. Members of the IFA Executive Council will also take part in a protest to…
New farm programme announced in battle against climate change
IFA President Tim Cullinan said the Signpost Programme announced today is an opportunity to ‘reset the debate’ on climate action and enable farmers to improve their sustainability based on verifiable data. Tim Cullinan said the Signpost Programme would be implementing a monitoring programme on selected farms, identifying ways of developing…