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 The question of whether the need to abate greenhouse gas emissions should be seen as a cost or an opportunity for Irish agriculture will be debated at this year’s Nuffield Ireland Conference which takes place at the Horse and Jockey Hotel, Thurles, on 17 June next.
With the theme ‘Carbon – a cost or opportunity for farming‘, it has attracted some of the country’s leading climate change experts.
Speakers will include Paud Evans, the chief principal officer at the Department of Agriculture, Owen Ryan from the climate change section of the Department of the Environment, Teagasc scientists Gary Lanigan, Johnstown Castle, Matthew Deighton and Laurence Shaloo, Moorepark; Thomas Ryan, IFA, and Justin McCarthy, Irish Farmers Journal.
The conference will be briefed on current and future Government policy on climate change, while the use of grass in various farming systems as a means of combating greenhouse gas emissions also will be discussed.
Attendace at this conference costs €30 (€35 after 11 June) and further details can be obtained from the IFA (Irish Farmers Association) Telephone: 00 353 (1) 4500266 Fax: 00 353 (1) 4551043.
 Cantwell Quality Water Services Ltd One of Tipperary’s premier companies, Cantwell Quality Water Services Ltd, who supply potable drinking water to both the Public and Private Sector will be attending the highly publicised Inaugural National Emergency Management Summit in the Croke Park Conference Centre on Tuesday May 25th and Wednesday May 26th next.
This two day hybrid conference will incorporate all in depth strategies for future planning, response and recovery in any emergency situation. It will also include a special focus day on flood response and prevention. The flooding tragedy which afflicted this county in recent times has left some serious questions to be answered. What strategy should be now undertaken? What lessons can be drawn from our recent experiences? What measures need to be put in place and in what order, so as to best deal with future problems, should or when they arise?
The National Emergency Management Summit seeks to assess future risks and articulate practical approaches to strategies for planning, response and recovery. This event will provide an insight into the challenges facing County and Local Councils, and indeed other parties in maintaining emergency services. It will look at managing the impact on communities, while also keeping a focus on wider risks.
This two-day conference will provide a unique opportunity for all attendees to increase their knowledge on how we can best prepare for such emergencies, use scarce resources more wisely, implement responses more effectively and create new partnerships.
The conference will also hear from government bodies and relevant parties on their present emergency planning agendas and receive an update on the status of flood risk management.
Quality Water Services Ltd in County Tipperary, are Ireland’s leading providers of bulk water for Festivals, Concerts, Sporting Events and Private Corporations. Using a wide range of drinking water equipment such as Articulated Water Tankers, Water Storage, Water Bowsers and Pumping Equipment, QWS Ltd. have the capacity to provide alternative water supplies wherever and whenever required.
 A European Commission funded proposal to clean up one of Ireland’s most populated salmon rivers was recently unveiled in the Strand Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick.
The European Commission has agreed to fund the proposal to the tune of €1.75 million to repair the environmental damage done to the Mulkear river and its many smaller tributaries.
Rising in the Slievefelim and Silvermines mountains in North Tipperary, the Mulkear joins the river Shannon just below Annacotty in County Limerick and has a catchment area which covers some 650sq km. The river has been identified as home to a large variety of rare habitats and protected species and has been designated as a special area of conservation under the EU habitats directive.
This fund provided for the Mulkear project will be spent on improving these habitats for species such as Atlantic salmon, latter which have spawned in the river for many thousands of years. The river is also a natural habitat for the native European otter and lamprey eels.
The Mulkear river ranks among Ireland’s most populated salmon rivers and is home to some 15 fish species as well as being an important habitat for the native Kingfisher and the White-clawed crayfish.
In recent decades the non native giant Asian Hogweed and Japanese Knotweed have partially invaded stretches of the river and this project aims to reverse this unnatural damage.
The Shannon Regional Fisheries Board will lead other project partners, which include the Office of Public Works, The National Parks and Wildlife Service, Farming Organisations and the County Councils in Limerick and Tipperary, in this exciting environmental project.
 Michael Finneran Mr. Michael Finneran, T.D., Minister for Housing, Urban Renewal and Developing Areas, has announced a capital provision of €100 million for grants to improve or extend the private homes of older people and people with a disability in 2010.
This allocation does not include expenditure by local authorities on improving and extending their own social housing stock.
The allocation represents a 31% increase on the initial allocations to local authorities over the previous year, 2009.
In relation to Tipperary, the initial allocation provides a figure of €1,651,250 for North Tipperary and €3,126,666 for South Tipperary County Councils.
These grants will be administered by the named local authorities in accordance with a framework laid down in statutory regulations, which, as far as is practicable, is designed to give an appropriate degree of flexibility to local authorities in addressing the housing needs of older people and people with a disability in their jurisdiction.
The Department provides recoupments to the relevant authorities as follows:
66% of costs in respect of claims received on foot of Disabled Persons & Essential Repairs Grant Schemes.
80% of costs in respect of claims received under the new Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability.
The news will be much welcomed by older residents and those people with a disability in the county.
Presented by Teagasc and the Irish Bioenergy Association, the National Bio-Energy Conference 2010 will take place at the Tipperary Institute (TI) in Thurles on the 18th February 2010.
 Teagasc and IrBEA The theme of the 2010 Conference – ‘Developing and Financing Bio-energy‘ – is appropriate, given the challenges currently faced at the different stages of developing a bio-energy project.
The line-up of expert panel speakers, will see bio-energy business developers tell the story behind their respective projects, whether this be based on wood energy, cereal crops or bio-fuels.
This conference is of interest to a broad audience including, farmers/landowners, consumers with large energy requirements, project developers, policy makers/regulators, legal advisers/consultants, business analysts/planners, economists/financial advisers technical/engineering managers, finance directors/financial controllers and finally energy purchasers/facilities managers.
Attendance fees include lunch and refreshments served during the conference.
Conference Fee: (For IrBEA and Teagasc members) – €50 .
Conference Fee: (For non-IrBEA and Teagasc members, and delegates registering on the day) – €100 .
To download the Conference brochure and to reserve a place at this Conference – Click Here
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