Agri-Business
IFA calls for gorse-burning extension to include March
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called for an extension to the controlled burning period of gorse to include the...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called for an extension to the controlled burning period of gorse to include the...
Environment
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has criticised the decision by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht not to...
Environment
The closed period for both hedge-cutting and gorse burning comes to an end in the coming days for a period...
Environment
The fact that the Heritage Bill has advanced onto the next stage in the legislative process has been welcomed as...
Environment
There are just days left before the closed period for hedge-cutting and gorse burning begins on March 1. Section 40...
Environment
A ban on hedgecutting is set to come into effect at the start of next month, as has been the...
Environment
No right-minded farmer would light an illegal gorse fire and walk away, Teddy Creedon, who is an IFA Hill Representative on the...
Environment
The hedgecutting and gorse burning ban will come into effect this week. As of March 1 hedgecutting and gorse burning...
Environment
No change will be made to the legislation to allow for hedgecutting in August on a pilot-basis before the hedgecutting...
Rural Life
The proposed changes to the Heritage Bill, to allow hedgecutting in August on a pilot basis, would only allow the...
Environment
The hedgecutting argument is skewed in favour of a small minority of farmers, according to Green Party Senator Grace O’Sullivan....
Environment
Changes to the current legislation around hedgecutting and gorse burning might not happen until after Christmas as the Heritage Bill...
Environment
The proposed changes to the Heritage Bill of a one-month extension for hedgecutting and burning of gorse on a pilot...
Environment
A petition has been launched against the proposal to change the Wildlife Act to allow for the burning of vegetation...
Environment
New legislation to allow hedgecutting and burning at certain times within the existing closed period on a pilot basis is...