Pippa Hackett

Loneliness is a hidden, but very real, problem in rural Ireland, and the Greens are ready to tackle this head on. Research shows that...

This morning, as part of Budget 2025, I was delighted to announce additional funding of €500,000 for the Rural Innovation Development...

The endangered Hen Harrier, an iconic bird of prey traditionally found in the Slieve Bloom Nature Reserve, will be the first threatened...

On Friday last, I launched the €4.15m ReSHAPE project (Regional Skills Horizon and Pathways to Employment) in Technological Universiry of...

Today, together with my Ministerial Colleagues, Charlie McConalogue and Malcolm Noonan, I was delighted to launch a landmark new project...

Today, I was delighted to deliver the key note speech at the IAIA Conference in the Convention Centre. You can read my speech below; Good...

I am delighted to announce that the Organic Farming Scheme is now open and will remain open until 8th December. This Government has a...

I am delighted to announce the opening of the Native Tree Area Scheme today at Avondale House, the home of Irish forestry. This scheme...

Today’s report on the Constituency Review, recommends that the next Dáil would see 174 TDs representing 43 Dáil Constituencies, up from...

I'm appealing to anyone starting out or thinking of a career change to consider becoming a bus driver. I made enquiries recently about a...

2030 Strategy will reflect recent growth, focus on market development, current challenges and future potential Today, I was delighted to...

Over €200,000 for 22 biodiversity projects across Laois and Offaly through the Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF). Over €80,000 is...

Today, at a site visit by the Organic Strategy Forum to Irish Country Meats in Camolin, Co. Wexford, I was delighted to announce the...

Today, together with the Portuguese Ambassador, HE Bernardo Lucena and Councillor Mark Hackett, I visited schools in Cloneygowan and...

Peatlands were to the fore in Dublin today (May 8th) as the government hosted an event attended by several European Countries, which...

A total of €523,000 – through 142 individual grants – has been awarded from the Community Water Development Fund, to support local...

The Green Party motion on water fountains in public places is a welcome step towards reducing single use plastic bottles. This week, my...

I welcome todays announcement by Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan...

Rural Women are leading the way in business across the country. I was thrilled to give the opening address at the ACORNS Community Forum...

Michael Fitzmaurice’s recent nosedive into an anti-Green culture war is straight from the playbook of Trump’s America. He is seeking to...