Projects

Guided by a lifelong belief that farming should protect the planet while feeding people, Kenneth Keavey has transformed his grandfather’s land in County Galway into a thriving organic enterprise. 

Brian McCarthy’s journey with Cork Rooftop Farm is one of innovation, resilience, and vision. What began as a COVID-19 lockdown project on the roof of a 6,000-square-foot city warehouse has since grown into a 60-acre organic farm on the outskirts of Cork.

Farmer, beekeeper, researcher, and educator, Ailbhe Gerrard is the driving force behind Brookfield Farm in North Tipperary. Her vision for sustainable agriculture is reflected across the farm’s operations.

A great example of successful farm diversification is the Roche family dairy farm outside Loughrea, Co Galway where Teresa Roche not only produces and sells Kylemore Farmhouse Cheese in the farm shop but also offers farm tours to the general public.

Hannah Quinn Mulligan farms in Croom, Co. Limerick, alongside her mother and grandmother, a trio who serve as ambassadors and examples of leading women in agriculture.

Sophie Bell farms outside Virginia, Co. Cavan, on her family's dairy calf-to-beef farm. As a young woman in agriculture, her passion for the industry and her advocacy for women in farming through social media have been extraordinary.

Find out how NextGenerationEU, the EU’s economic stimulus package to enable Member States to emerge stronger from the pandemic, is helping to bridge the digital divide in Irish primary schools.

Find out how NextGenerationEU, the EU’s economic stimulus package, is helping to train construction professionals with the skills to build well-insulated homes and retrofit Irish houses with the latest energy-saving technologies.

Artificial Intelligence and the creation of a new EU-funded smartphone app will offer Irish food growers quicker and cheaper ways to check the health status of their plants' roots.

Ireland's Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme was the winner of the 2024 European Heritage Award in the Working Together for Nature category. Established in 2008, the Scheme was set up to address the rapid changes in agricultural practice and the subsequent loss of traditional farm buildings.