Rural Life
Members of gun clubs in the midlands region will serve as the "feet on the ground" in a new pilot project to eradicate mink in the region.
N.Ireland
The PSNI has linked up with RSPB NI and Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) to protect breeding waders.
Farmers are taking part in a community-led project which is reversing the decline in wader populations on Achill Island.
Environment
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is inviting tenders for a range of services for the Boora Farmland Birds Nature Reserve.
The NPWS has recently begun conservation work on part of the Black Islands archipelago on Lough Ree on the River Shannon.
Minister Noonan has announced his intention today to purchase Clawinch Island on Lough Ree in order to protect breeding waders
With just weeks until a general election, BirdWatch Ireland has written to political parties...
Agri-Business
Over thirty curlew chicks will be released into the wild over the coming weeks as part of the Breeding Waders EIP.
Farmer payments under the new EIP project for breeding waders are expected to be in the region of €8.75 million
A €25 million project has been launched to protect breeding waders, which have been described as Ireland's "most vulnerable" birds.
Farmers participating in a nationwide EIP programme on breeding waders will be allocated a total of €7.5 million in funding.
The department has announced an extension to the closing date of a €25 million call for proposals for a EIP on the theme of breeding waders.
Ministers of State Pippa Hackett and Malcolm Noonan have launched a call for proposals for a €25 million EIP to conserve breeding waders.
