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Buttering up the Islamic states
Tuesday February 09 2010
IN JULY 2009, the Dail passed the amended Blasphemy Act, which curtailed the freedom of speech. It came into operation on January 1, 2010.
New ferry service will link Cork and Europe
Tuesday February 09 2010
IRISH Continental Group and Stena Line face competition from a foreign operator that is set to open two new routes between Ireland and the continent, sources say.
Beef price hike now essential to salvage the embattled grid
Tuesday February 09 2010
All hell has broken out over the introduction of the quality payment grid for beef cattle. This changeover was never going to be seamless. Objections are inevitable where a large section of cattle owners are losers.
No CAP in key paper on the EU -- Macra
Tuesday February 09 2010
Macra has expressed alarm that no reference to agriculture or the CAP has been made in a European Commission consultation document on the EU's future.
Time to start using technology when forecasting floods
Tuesday February 09 2010
The flooding last December was clearly unprecedented and, although in certain circumstances water levels were increased by poorly planned development, there was flooding in areas that had never experienced it before.
Balancing the SFP argument
Tuesday February 09 2010
Ireland implemented the Single Farm Payment (SFP) system in 2005, which was based on the value of historical payments accumulated by each individual farmer. In contrast, several other EU member states, including the UK, opted for a regional-type payment based on each hectare, and this is also compatible with the payment system in the then new accession member states.
Prices to hold as supply falls
Tuesday February 09 2010
Sheep farmer returns are set to hold this year on the back of a sharp drop in lamb supplies.
MEP pushes for a phased SFP move
Tuesday February 09 2010
Any move away from the historic means of establishing farmers' Single Farm Payment (SFP) entitlements must be done on a phased basis, a leading member of the European Parliament's agriculture committee has insisted.
While the world dithers, Iran is getting closer to a nuclear bomb
Tuesday February 09 2010
THE attempt to talk Iran down from its nuclear ambitions is going badly. Yesterday, Tehran formally told the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN watchdog, that it would move further ahead with its uranium-enrichment programme. This will take it one big step closer to a nuclear-weapons capability.
G7 chiefs pledge to push stimulus despite debt woe
Monday February 08 2010
FINANCE ministers of the seven major industrial countries sought to calm jittery markets by pledging to keep up government aid to sustain a fledgling economic rebound.
Farmers to escape a sudden cut in CAP payments
Monday February 08 2010
IRISH farmers will escape a sudden sharp drop in their EU farm payments with changes likely to be phased in over seven years.
