Intent: To invite local representatives to an IFA Solar Event to learn how solar energy can benefit local farmers, both financially and environmentally.
Details: Clare IFA Solar Energy Event
Intent: To discuss the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine's proposals are around protection of peatlands and wetlands and how this may impact farmers.::To call for the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to engage with the new Agriculture Commissioner to get the Good Agricultural & Environmental Condition (GAEC-2) removed from Conditionality; further derogation provided for 2025 and beyond; and that impact at farm-level would be minimal.::To highlight that a 'No Compensation, No Designation' policy should apply regarding formal designation of land per EU Directives.::That the economic impact on designated farms needs to be better acknowledged.
Details: Land Designations in County Clare
Intent: Advocating the economic benefits of HRI & to ensure continued government support for the Irish horseracing industry
Details: Stallion Trail Invitations
Intent: Clare PPN wanted the opportunity to explain the work of Clare PPN to the Councillors, some of whom are newly elected and haven't yet had this chance
Details: Clare ppn wrote to all Councillors in Clare to ask them for the opportunity for our organisation to be invited to a Council meeting to present on our work
Intent: To thank IFA members for all of their assistance in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn.
Details: Letter of thanks from Cork County Council
Intent: To strongly reject proposals suggesting that Clare Local Authority would use CPO (Compulsory Purchase Orders) powers as an option to confiscate private land from farmers on the Cliffs of Moher coastal walk.::To call on Clare County Council to immediately withdraw the CPO option and threat from the draft report.::To call on Clare County Council to engage constructively with the farmers and the IFA so an appropriate and effective arrangement can be agreed on the Cliffs of Moher coastal walk which reflects the scale of up to 1.5m tourists and estimated revenue of €19m annually.
Details: Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) on Farms at the Cliffs of Moher
Intent: To advocate for economic and community development in North Cork.
Details: North Cork LAG/LCDC Meeting
Intent: To discuss priorities and challenges for regional development in the North Cork region with a range of key local stakeholders, and advocate for potential solutions and funding requirements.
Details: North Cork LAG/LCDC Meeting
Intent: To create a greater awareness among the elected members of Clare County Council about the lack of prevalence data, and need to progress with standard criteria for diagnosis and support for people living with FASD. Broader, to answer any questions that the elected members would have about the condition, the organisation, or how they could support our aims.
Details: Briefing to elected members of Clare County Council
Intent: Candidate Richie Molloy put forward for administrative panel
Details: Seanad Elections 2025
