Tag: glas
Commonage deadline of July 3 can’t be achieved
A JULY 3 deadline for the completion of Commonage Management Plans affecting hundreds of farmers across Connemara will be impossible to meet, according to...
Put GLAS cash back into DAS payments
MONIES earmarked for the 2015 GLAS scheme should be immediately redirected into the Disadantaged Areas fund – unless the environmental scheme can be started...
Hill deal could be closer to solution
CLEARANCE for individual commonage farmers to apply for the new GLAS environmental scheme will be the key to resolving the dispute between the Hill...
Plea for launch of GLAS scheme
SERIOUS concerns have been expressed by Galway farm leaders over the failure of the Dept. of Agriculture to confirm a starting date for the...
Hill rules on GLAS not driven by Brussels
A MASSIVE turnout of over 1,000 farmers at Maam Cross last week has given a clear mandate to the leadership of the hill/commonage pressure...
Good Budget but a worry over GLAS ‘slow start’
FARM leaders in Galway have given a guarded welcome to Budget 2015, but concerns have been expressed that no GLAS money will come on...