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During a visit to the Timoleague Agricultural Catchment area in Co. Cork today, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, launched a major 3-day international conference entitled ‘Catchment Science 2011’, which will take place at the Mansion House in Dublin from 14 and 16 September 2011.

Minister Coveney will make the opening address at the conference, which will be jointly hosted by Teagasc, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the UK. The conference will feature the findings of the work carried out during the past 4 years by the Agricultural Catchments Programme. This Programme is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and operated by Teagasc who are working closely with more than 300 farmers that are voluntarily participating in the Programme nationally