Environment
Window for hedge-cutting season opens from today
Farmers and agricultural contractors can once again break out the tractors and hedge-cutters as the hedge-cutting season opens today (Tuesday,...
Environment
Farmers and agricultural contractors can once again break out the tractors and hedge-cutters as the hedge-cutting season opens today (Tuesday,...
Machinery
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht brought a case under...
Rural Life
Northern Irish farmers who wish to cut hedges during the closed period have been warned to ensure they have “clear...
Rural Life
The National Parks & Wildlife Services (NPWS) has confirmed that current legislation allows landowners and public authorities to “address hedges...
Environment
The annual hedge-cutting ban under the Wildlife Act has resumed once again as of yesterday, Sunday, March 1, and will...
Rural Life
Further political voices have been added to the calls to allow an extension to the deadline for hedge-cutting, as farmers...
Rural Life
A rural-based TD is calling on the Government to extend the deadlines for hedge-cutting and slurry spreading, as farmers face...
Environment
Farmers and rural-dwellers should always think safety first before starting any work during Hedgerow Week 2019 – and all other...
Environment
Hedgerow Week 2019, organised by Teagasc, is set to kick off next Monday, October 21, with an official launch to...
Environment
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has given its take on recent announcements on hedge cutting....
Rural Life
Josepha Madigan, the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, is being called on to resign by independent TD Danny...
Environment
There will be significant anger and frustration within rural communities following confirmation that proposed regulations permitting the commencement of certain...
Environment
The cutting of hedges along roadsides will not be allowed this August, following a decision by Josepha Madigan, the Minister...
Environment
Farmers have been warned of the consequences involved in the illegal removal of hedgerows following the close of the hedge-cutting...
Environment
Co. Meath has one of the highest levels of complaints in the country with regards to hedge-cutting or the lack...
Rural Life
County councils providing assistance to landowners in hedge-cutting under exceptional circumstances was a topic for debate in Co. Tipperary recently....
Environment
The closed period for both hedge-cutting and gorse burning comes to an end in the coming days for a period...
Environment
The cutting of roadside hedges is set to remain prohibited next month, the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has...