Environment
'Once driven to extinction through human persecution' - eagles released into the wild
Last month, AgriLand reported that white-tailed eagles, which were once the foes of many farmers, are now slowly becoming their...
Department of Culture
Environment
NPWS Farm Plan Scheme to receive €1 million boost under July stimulus
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Farm Plan Scheme is to receive a €1 million boost under the July Jobs...
Environment
The Living Bog Project listed as finalist in Natura 2000 Awards
An Irish raised bog restoration project has been nominated for one of Europe’s top environmental awards. The Living Bog project,...
Environment
€12.4 million bog conservation project delayed by Covid-19
An EU-funded project aimed at conserving habitats and protecting blanket bogs in the west and north-west has been delayed because...
Rural Life
Contractor and landowner fined for hedge-cutting during nesting season
An agricultural contractor and a landowner have both been issued fines and ordered to pay legal costs, having pleaded guilty...
Rural Life
Lurcher owner prosecuted and fined for illegal hare hunting in Wexford
An Garda Síochána secured a successful conviction brought under the Wildlife Acts relating to illegal hare lurching in Co. Wexford,...
Environment
Helping community groups to conserve and promote biodiversity
On September 3, last, the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht announced a contribution of €100,000 towards the Community...
Agri Politics
'We are the greenest farmers in Ireland and we are the most punished...'
We are the greenest farmers in Ireland and we are the most punished. These were the sentiments expressed by suckler...