Pippa Hackett
Social Farming Budget 2025
This morning, as part of Budget 2025, I was delighted to announce additional funding of €500,000 for the Rural Innovation Development...
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Pippa Hackett
Pippa Hackett
Sep 272 min read
Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability
A significant number of people will be eligible to take advantage of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a...
Pippa Hackett
Sep 202 min read
Memorandum of Understanding between the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Coillte
The endangered Hen Harrier, an iconic bird of prey traditionally found in the Slieve Bloom Nature Reserve, will be the first threatened...
Pippa Hackett
Sep 171 min read
National Organic Strategy 2024 – 2030
Today, 18th September 2024, together with my colleague Minister Charlie McConalogue, we launched the National Organic Strategy 2024 -...
Pippa Hackett
Sep 165 min read
ReSHAPE FOR A JUST TRANSITION
On Friday last, I launched the €4.15m ReSHAPE project (Regional Skills Horizon and Pathways to Employment) in Technological Universiry of...
Pippa Hackett
May 192 min read
Dark Skies Offaly
Following a very interesting event in the Birr Castle Visitor Centre to mark the start of National Biodiversity Week 2024, I am compiling...
Pippa Hackett
May 13 min read
Growing Organics farm walk
I can't think of a better way to mark the beginning of May than taking a “Growing Organics” dairy farm walk in lovely Laois. It was my...
Pippa Hackett
Apr 222 min read
Over €1.2million for rural laneways in Offaly 2024
Today’s announcement of €560,000 additional LIS allocation to upgrade rural laneways shows this Government’s commitment to rural Ireland....
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