Environment
Just over 100 breeding pairs of curlew are now left in Ireland, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).
Rural Life
Ministers Pippa Hackett and Malcolm Noonan have combined to drive forward plans to conserve the iconic curlew.
For the first time in 20 years, curlew chicks have fledged at an Antrim farm. Last year curlews attempted to breed at Greenmount Hill Farm.
