Environment
Highest number of curlew fledged in the wild since 2017
The Curlew Conservation Programme (CCP) has reported the largest number of young curlew fledged into the wild since the programme...
Environment
The Curlew Conservation Programme (CCP) has reported the largest number of young curlew fledged into the wild since the programme...
Environment
A “significant review” of the fines for wildlife, water quality and habitat destruction is needed, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has...
Environment
The European Commission has approved 171 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action, worth more than €396 million. It...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is urging MEPs to oppose the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law when...
biodiversity
A professor of finance at the Business School of Trinity College has called for private sector funding to pay farmers...
Agri-Business
A new generation of farmers and foresters must be paid to protect nature, as well as providing food and wood,...
Rural Life
Landowners interested in starting allotments or community gardens are being encouraged to get in touch with their local tidy towns...
Rural Life
‘Agroecology not agribusiness’ is the cry of an organisation of farmers, growers, and land-based workers set to meet in the...
Environment
The National Biodiversity Data Centre has launched a new, free guide on growing traditional orchards and fruit trees for pollinators...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has written to farmers this week outlining the alternatives to burning...
biodiversity
The Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action will today (Tuesday, September 19) discuss the final report of the Citizens’...
Environment
The value of “healthy hedgerows” is highlighted as this year’s Hedgerow Week 2023 begins tomorrow (Friday, September 1), and will...
Environment
Among the ways farmers can be incentivised to engage in environmental schemes, through the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) they...
biodiversity
The open period for hedge cutting begins one week from today, with landowners permitted to cut hedges or ditches from...
Environment
Ospreys have been recorded breeding in Ireland for the first time in over 200 years, Ulster Wildlife has confirmed. The...
Environment
A draft version of the new National Invasive Alien Species Management Plan is set to go out on public consultation...
biodiversity
The corncrake population has increased by 35% in the last five years, according to a new survey released today (Thursday,...
Rural Life
A prize fund of €12,000 has been announced for this year’s RDS Irish Forestry Awards, which are now open for...