Some 60 applicants for Nitrates Derogations last year had over 700 livestock units (LU) on their holding, while a further 293 had less than 50 LU. The figures that show a wide diversity in the scale ...

'We have three years now to look at the alternatives and at what the future is for the derogation in Ireland. Could it be the unthinkable, a future without derogation? What might that look like?' ...

“Crippling” is how young dairy farmer Seán Kelly described confirmation that the nitrates derogation rate will drop next year. He farms 120 cows on the outskirts of Nenagh, Co Tipperary, with his ...

Human Rights Watch acknowledges that where a public emergency threatening the life of the nation is shown to exist, governments may lawfully derogate from some human rights protections, provided that ...

It would be wrong to say the deal was clinched in Fletcher’s pub in Naas, but the traditional Irish music session organised for the visiting European Commissioner certainly didn’t hurt. Minister for ...

In 2024, the derogation stocking rate limit was dropped from 250kg to 220kg across much of Ireland, in line with results of a two-year water quality review required by the European Commission Cork ...

The EU is “crystal clear” that there will be no renegotiation on the reduction of Ireland’s nitrates derogation, the Minister for Agriculture has insisted. Charlie McConalogue has faced criticism from ...