Environment
665 herds identified for illegal burning in 2023 - DAFM
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed to Agriland that it identified 665 herds associated with...
Burning
CAP / Schemes
Councillor urges 'innocent farmers' to appeal burning penalties
Farmers who feel they have been unfairly penalised after their land was burned should lodge an appeal with the Department...
Environment
Department rules out further green waste burning extension
The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has said that there will be no further extension to the...
Environment
Call for 'common sense approach' to burning green waste
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Environment Committee chair Paul O’Brien is calling for “a common sense approach” to be taken...
Environment
Final exemption for burning green waste ends next week
Farmers are being reminded that the final exemption for the on-farm burning of cut agricultural green waste will come to...
Environment
What are the alternatives to burning agricultural green waste?
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has written to farmers this week outlining the alternatives to burning...
Environment
Final exemption for burning green waste begins this week
The final extension to the exemption allowing for the onsite burning of cut green agricultural waste will begin on Friday...
Environment
IWT: Burning of hills is 'symptom of political apathy'
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has said that the “depressing predictability” of burning hills is a “symptom of political apathy”...
Environment
Minister warns of farm payment penalties for illegal burning
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has today (Wednesday, March 1) issued a warning to landowners and...
Environment
Burning and hedge cutting ban now in place - minister
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has today (Wednesday, March 1) reminded landowners that a ban on burning...
Rural Life
Fire crews battle over 50 gorse fires in Cork and Kerry
Fire crews in counties Cork and Kerry have attended over 50 gorse fires in recent days, local authorities confirmed. Over...
Rural Life
Announcement on options for disposal of green waste due 'shortly'
An announcement from the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan on alternative measures to the burning of green...
Environment
Draft study on alternatives to burning green waste due next month
A draft report on alternative methods to burning agricultural green waste is expected to be delivered in early December. A...
Environment
Minister of State rules out further exemption on burning green waste
Minister of State Ossian Smyth has said he does not expect a further exemption on the burning of agricultural green...
Rural Life
Teagasc urges extreme caution amid fire warning
Teagasc is urging landowners and all involved in outdoor activity to exercise extreme caution and to heed the high level...
Rural Life
Minister has no plans to change burning window
A junior minister has told the Seanad that he has no plans to propose a change to the statutory burning...
Rural Life
Exemption to burning rules for 2022 signed by Minister Ryan
The extension to the exemption under waste management rules which allows farmers to burn green waste this year has been...
Environment
TDs welcome decision to reinstate green waste burning exemption
The decision yesterday (Wednesday, February 2) to reinstate a derogation for farmers to burn green waste has been welcomed by...