Environment
Last month, AgriLand reported that white-tailed eagles, which were once the foes of many farmers, are now slowly becoming their friends.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Farm Plan Scheme is to receive €1 million under the July Jobs Stimulus package.
An Irish raised bog restoration project has been nominated for one of Europe’s top environmental awards, the Natura 2000 Awards.
An EU-funded project aimed at conserving habitats and protecting blanket bogs has been delayed because of Covid-19.
Rural Life
An agricultural contractor and a landowner have both been issued fines and ordered to pay legal costs in a case over hedge-cutting in April.
An Garda Síochána secured a successful conviction brought under the Wildlife Acts relating to illegal hare lurching in Co. Wexford.
€100,000 towards the Community Foundation for Ireland’s Biodiversity Fund - one of the 'Seeds for Nature' initiatives - was announced.
Agri Politics
Farmers in the Shannon Callows says they are the greenest farmers in Ireland and yet they are the most punished.
