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InvestigatesAgainst the grain
Emissions-heavy feed imports soaring to fuel dairy boom
Noteworthy analysis shows 50 million tonnes imported in the last decade as our tillage industry falters from lack of State support.
Niall Sargent
5 Oct 2023
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Against the grain
Irish tillage being squeezed out in favour of renting land to dairy farmers
Noteworthy examines how dairy expansion has combined with years of policy neglect to leave grain growers struggling to survive.
Niall Sargent
4 Oct 2023
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The Morning Lead
Hundreds of acres of vital urban nature lost to astroturf in Dublin
18 Jul 2023
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The Morning Lead
Number of computers sent to Rehab Recycle resold instead of destroyed
10 Jul 2023
56.9k
32
People Power
Lack of transparency harming Ireland’s vital election observer role
30 May 2023
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People Power
Ireland an outlier in decision to halt election observer role during Covid
29 May 2023
9.7k
8
The Morning Lead
‘Shouting into a black hole’: Chronic delays to autism services failing children
20 Mar 2023
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18
The Morning Lead
Ireland fares worst at managing protected nature sites in new EU report
2 Feb 2023
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20
Island Nation
‘Always a battle’: Clare Island locals fight to improve ‘dangerous’ pier
31 Jan 2023
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Island Nation
‘On its knees’: Future of island fishers on a knife edge
31 Jan 2023
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Island Nation
Housing constraints ‘causing serious risk’ for islanders trying to sustain populations
30 Jan 2023
24.7k
The Morning Lead
‘Fragmented and unpredictable’: Healthcare services failing island communities
30 Jan 2023
12.2k
4
The Morning Lead
High and dry: Offshore islands a footnote in State priorities
29 Jan 2023
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Lights out
‘Heads must roll’: Industry and experts argue energy crisis of ‘our own making’
20 Dec 2022
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The Morning Lead
Drilling for Data: Growing energy needs fuelling rise in data centre emissions
19 Dec 2022
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The Morning Lead
Staff shortages leave energy regulator scrambling to keep the lights on
12 Dec 2022
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peat sake
Commission warns Ireland over ‘stalled’ action to halt extraction in protected peatlands
30 Sep 2022
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trade off
‘Empty bellies’: Unweaned calves left without milk for long periods on journey to Europe
2 Sep 2022
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trade off
‘A slow, terrible death’: The fate of Irish cattle exported outside of the EU
1 Sep 2022
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The Morning Lead
'Export loophole’: Irish cattle shipped from Spain on ‘substandard’ vessels
31 Aug 2022
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no access
No Access: Bord na Móna companies blanket blocking release of information
12 Jul 2022
17.3k
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The Morning Lead
Deaths of at least 80 cows in last decade linked to spreading of poultry manure
8 Jul 2022
14.8k
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factory farm
'Canary in the coal mine': Protected nature areas under pressure from poultry farming
7 Jul 2022
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The Morning Lead
'Potential fraud' in poultry farm planning applications investigated in the North
6 Jul 2022
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Investigatesfactory farm
Suspected false documents and illegal dumping: the murky world of poultry manure
Noteworthy reveals serious concerns over authenticity of files used in some poultry farm planning cases in the North and where the manure is going.
Niall Sargent
6 Jul 2022
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Investigation
Peat’s Sake: Leading company under EPA spotlight for potential unlicensed extraction
20 Jun 2022
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peat sake
Peat pressure: Industrial peat extraction in enforcement firing line
7 Apr 2022
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peat extraction
High Court orders peat company to halt unauthorised extraction in Midlands
21 Mar 2022
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peat sake
EPA to investigate complaint about State response to peat extraction on protected bogs
Updated 2 Mar 2022
14.3k
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peat extraction
EPA ‘kicked the stool’ from under peat company seeking extraction licence, High Court hears
25 Jan 2022
13.5k
peat extraction
Horticultural peat unlawfully removed ‘much like rock from a quarry’, High Court hears
20 Jan 2022
21.5k
peat extraction
Unlicensed peat extraction causing ‘irreversible’ environmental damage, High Court told
19 Jan 2022
20.7k
The Morning Lead
Peat was cut at 280 plots in protected bogs last year without State consent
13 Jan 2022
30.8k
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The Morning Lead
Special branch: Over 75 cases of alleged illegal tree felling investigated last year
2 Jan 2022
33.7k
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bumper year
Noteworthy: Community-sourced ideas and crowdfunded investigations win four awards this year
29 Dec 2021
4.4k
Endangered Species
Rare hen harrier numbers plummet as plan to protect species pushed back
26 Dec 2021
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The Morning Lead
Crackdown sees 50 cases launched against illegal hedge cutting this year
20 Dec 2021
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peat sake
New peat legislation slammed as ‘incompatible’ with climate targets and EU law
29 Nov 2021
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The Morning Lead
Ireland exporting 11 times more peat than it imports - amid horticulture supply fears
20 Nov 2021
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Green Jersey
Analysis: The argument that Ireland is too small to take climate action doesn’t hold up
6 Nov 2021
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