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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.

A multi-million euro EU-funded project in the North-West of Ireland combines care for the environment and better agricultural practices with education and support for local communities.

A Cork-based EU funded research project is looking into the growing problem posed by the disposal of obsolete wind turbine blades.

Two giant ship-to-shore cranes, named Mahain and Binne by local school children, dominate the skyline of the Port of Cork’s new EU-backed container terminal in Ringaskiddy.

A multi-million euro EU-funded project in Cork is set to boost security of energy supply and optimise the use of renewables all while reducing energy bills and creating jobs for the local economy.

When holiday home developments started pricing local families out of the housing market in the picturesque fishing village of Baltimore in west Cork, financing from the European Investment Bank came to the aid of residents.

What do Cork and Udine in Northern Italy have in common? Apart from many happy European citizens, they're both part of an exciting EU-funded project to revamp their urban environments.

Nature is one step closer to being restored in the picturesque Bride Valley in north-east Cork and west Waterford thanks to an innovative EU-funded agri-environmental pilot project.

The European Commission has the addition of ‘Achill Island Sea Salt‘ to the register of Protected Designations of Origin (PDO). ‘Achill Island Sea Salt’ is the name given to naturally harvested sea salt from the waters around Achill Island, Co Mayo.

The European Commission has selected Dublin as the winner of the EU’s 2024 European Capital of Smart Tourism competition.