The Minister for Science Simon Harris has awarded the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Future Innovator Prize to a project that will help a dairy farm achieve net-zero emissions by 2027.

The prize also awards €2 million to the winner, Professor Kevin O’Connor and his Farm Zero C team at University College Dublin (UCD). This money is to help deliver the climate-neutral farm in Cork. There are plans to extend the strategy to a further 5,000 farms within five years.

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Minister Harris said: "Congratulations to Professor Kevin O’Connor and the Farm Zero C team. Innovative and disruptive ideas like the Farm Zero C project will become increasingly important as we deliver the government’s ambitious Climate Action Plan and significantly reduce our carbon emissions.

"My department’s support for projects like this one, that have real world impacts, really gives me not only pride, but confidence, as we strive to reduce our carbon emissions by 50% over the next decade."