Rural Life
Ash dieback: Further calls for scheme to remove dangerous trees
There are further calls for a scheme to allow landowners remove dangerous trees, particularly those affected by ash dieback. Longford-Westmeath...
Rural Life
There are further calls for a scheme to allow landowners remove dangerous trees, particularly those affected by ash dieback. Longford-Westmeath...
Dairy Technical
As we move into the backend of the year the opportunities to complete field work appear less often, but the...
Rural Life
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the County and City Management Association (CCMA) are calling on landowners to cut their...
Rural Life
Gardaí in Meath have urged drivers to be mindful of hedgecutters on roads as the closed season for hedge-cutting ended...
Rural Life
Motorists travelling on rural Irish roads have been urged by An Garda Síochána to be mindful of hedge-cutting taking place...
CAP / Schemes
As hedge-cutting starts up once more across the Irish countryside, farmers who avail of the Nitrates Derogation should take heed...
Machinery
An agricultural contractor and a farmer won a court case that was taken against them by the National Parks and...
Rural Life
Three people were fined for out-of-season hedge-cutting in Co. Westmeath today (Friday, March 26), the Department of Housing, Local Government...
Environment
There is a “zero tolerance” approach to the illegal cutting of hedges between March 1 and August 31 each year,...
Environment
A Kildare farmer has been ordered to pay €2,500 for hedge-cutting which was found to be an offence under the...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued advice to farmers and their advisors in relation to agricultural...
Environment
An extension to the hedge-cutting season has been ruled out – with the annual ban on hedge-cutting coming into effect...
Agri-Business
Contractors have called on the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allow for an extension to the hedge-cutting season under...
Rural Life
80% of contractors who were brought in to cut hedges in the first stage of rolling out the National Broadband...
Rural Life
Landowners are being reminded that they are obliged, under the Roads Act of 1993, to take all reasonable care to...
Environment
Farmers and agricultural contractors can once again break out the tractors and hedge-cutters as the hedge-cutting season opens today (Tuesday,...
Rural Life
A change in legislation has been called for by agricultural contractors to allow for the maintenance of all roadside hedges...
Agri-Business
The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has been called on to extend the open periods for the operation...