Since the removal of EU milk quotas in 2015, Ireland’s dairy herd has grown by more than a quarter, sending carbon emissions – as well as water and air pollution – from the sector skyrocketing. This has happened despite heroic spin about ‘efficiency’ from agriculture minister Michael Creed and co. Much of this glut of… Read more »
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