N.Ireland
Minister Muir has urged landowners to refrain from any prescribed burning in the remaining open season window to help firefighters
Environment
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has confirmed to Agriland that 215 herds were associated with illegal burning in 2024.
Rural Life
Several units of Kerry Fire Service were called to the scene of gorse fires in parts of the south and east of Co. Kerry overnight.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has confirmed to Agriland that it identified 665 herds associated with illegal burning in 2023.
Farmers who have been unfairly penalised after their land was burned to appeal to the Department of Agriculture (DAFM), a councillor said.
The Department of the Environment said there will be no further extension to the exemption allowing for burning of agricultural green waste.
The IFA Environment Committee chair Paul O'Brien is calling for "a common sense approach" to be taken on the burning of green waste.
Farmers are being reminded that the final exemption for the on-farm burning of cut agricultural green waste will come to an end next week.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has written to farmers this week outlining the alternatives to burning agricultural green waste.
The final extension to the exemption allowing for the onsite burning of cut green agricultural waste will begin on Friday (September 1).
The IWT said the "depressing predictability" of burning hills is a "symptom of political apathy" in a biodiversity emergency.
Minister Charlie McConalogue has today issued a warning to landowners and members of the public not to carry out any illegal burning of land.
Minister Malcolm Noonan has reminded landowners that a ban on burning land and cutting hedges is now in place until September.
Fire crews in counties Cork and Kerry have attended over 50 gorse fires in recent days, local authorities confirmed.
An announcement from Minister Eamon Ryan on possible alternatives to the burning of agricultural green waste will be made shortly.
Alternatives to burning agricultural, green waste and their viability for Irish farmers are being explored in the report.
The minister of state has said he does not expect a further exemption on the burning of agricultural green waste beyond January 2023.
Teagasc is urging landowners and all involved in outdoor activity to exercise extreme caution and...
A minister of state has told the Seanad that he has no plans to propose a change to the statutory burning dates for vegetation.
The extension to the exemption which allows farmers to burn green waste this year has been signed by Minister Eamon Ryan.
The recently announced decision to reinstate a derogation for farmers to burn green waste has been welcomed by TDs.
The Department of the Environment has confirmed that an exemption allowing farmers to burn green waste is "currently under review".
The ICSA has said that the removal of an exemption allowing farmers to burn green waste shows that the government is "totally out of touch".
