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In another life, I read many bureaucratic reports and one of the main things it taught me is that it is in the DNA of bureaucrats to wax lyrical about the wonderful benefits to be gained from their proposals.
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Every pot on the stove is coming to the boil…
The Russian revolutionary leader, Lenin, is reputed to have observed periods of emergency, decision and stress as follows: “There are years when nothing happens, and there are weeks when years happen.”
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Favourite time of the year
Well readers, we are in full flight with harvest 2025. It is my absolute favourite time of year; celebrating the bounty of the fields and marking the end of the growing cycle. We fill the barns with crisp grain to feed ourselves and our livestock, and with the straw to bed and feed them over the coming winter months. It’s the reward for a job well done in the field.
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Decarbonisation requires price support
When the Irish energy-supply companies were confronted with the challenge of moving away from fossil fuels back in late 1990s/early 2000s it is unlikely that they were told that the future of the planet was at stake unless they upped their renewable energy supply profile, writes agri-food economist, Ciaran Fitzgerald
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