Rural Life
Nine policy priorities have been identified to help unlock the potential of women-led innovation in Irish farming and rural areas.
A seminar series exploring rural and regional development is being revived to give farming communities a "direct line to recognised research".
Environment
Could livestock be vaccinated to reduce emissions? This is just one question being explored by...
A €4.8 million project funded by the European Union will use microbiome science in a bid to reduce methane emissions from livestock.
Archaeologists have discovered a Stone Age tomb which reveals evidence about the earliest farmers in the west of Ireland 6,000 years ago.
Agri-Business
Innovation is something founder and managing director of Keogh's Crisps, Tom Keogh has adapted to...
A Sinn Féin TD has called for the Farmer’s Yards initiative be rolled out nationally as a way to tackle rural isolation.
Forestry
A new study has examined the use of low-value wood, combined with energy generation and carbon capture, to help reduce global warming.
Members of the public are being encouraged to take part in the 2026 All-Ireland Squirrel and Pine Marten Survey .
Agri Politics
A University of Galway academic has been appointed chief scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
The University of Galway has launched an All-Ireland Peatlands Centre of Excellence (APEX) to lead related research and policy development.
Met Éireann is awarding €2.8 million to six new university research projects to develop new climate services and flood forecasting models.
A new study led by University of Galway has found that proposed Irish climate targets "protect...
A unique AgInnovation master’s from the University of Galway, which the college has said helps...
A consortium, led by the University of Galway, has said that we should 'stop preaching at farmers...
Red squirrels are able to detect and respond to a returning natural predator, according to a new study from the University of Galway.
An international research project has been launched to uncover how wild honey bee colonies survive...
Mitigating the impact of agriculture on water quality requires developing local solutions, information and incentives, a new report said.
FLIARA seeks to challenge the many stereotypes about women in the farming industry throughout Ireland and across Europe.
Researchers have created a new way of finding peat soil, giving insight into where carbon is stored in the ground.
Researchers at University of Galway are leading a new €10 million multi-country project to develop paludiculture demonstration sites.
University of Galway has officially launched a new project involving planting over 200 native tree saplings on its campus.
Despite growing awareness and calls for action over reducing methane in the atmosphere, many barriers stand in the way of studies.
