Rural Life
Gardaí urge drivers to be careful as roadside hedge-cutting season starts
Gardaí in Meath have urged drivers to be mindful of hedgecutters on roads as the closed season for hedge-cutting ended...
Hedgecutting
Rural Life
Motorists urged to be mindful during hedge-cutting season
Motorists travelling on rural Irish roads have been urged by An Garda Síochána to be mindful of hedge-cutting taking place...
CAP / Schemes
Derogation farmers: Do you know your hedge-cutting commitments?
As hedge-cutting starts up once more across the Irish countryside, farmers who avail of the Nitrates Derogation should take heed...
Machinery
FCI: Contractor and farmer win hedge-cutting court case
An agricultural contractor and a farmer won a court case that was taken against them by the National Parks and...
Rural Life
3 fined for out-of-season hedge-cutting in Westmeath
Three people were fined for out-of-season hedge-cutting in Co. Westmeath today (Friday, March 26), the Department of Housing, Local Government...
Environment
'Zero tolerance' approach for hedge-cutting in closed season
There is a “zero tolerance” approach to the illegal cutting of hedges between March 1 and August 31 each year,...
Environment
Kildare farmer ordered to pay €2,500 for illegal hedge-cutting
A Kildare farmer has been ordered to pay €2,500 for hedge-cutting which was found to be an offence under the...
Environment
Department issues warning on illegal burning and hedge-cutting
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued advice to farmers and their advisors in relation to agricultural...
Environment
Extension ruled out as hedge-cutting ban comes into effect
An extension to the hedge-cutting season has been ruled out – with the annual ban on hedge-cutting coming into effect...
Agri-Business
Contractors push for clarity on potential for hedge-cutting extension under Wildlife Act
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
National Broadband Plan: Contractors 'pulled off site' in hedge-cutting row
80% of contractors who were brought in to cut hedges in the first stage of rolling out the National Broadband...
Rural Life
Landowners reminded: 'Now is the time for hedge-cutting'
Landowners are being reminded that they are obliged, under the Roads Act of 1993, to take all reasonable care to...
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,...
Rural Life
FCI: 'Year-round roadside hedge maintenance needed for road safety'
A change in legislation has been called for by agricultural contractors to allow for the maintenance of all roadside hedges...
Agri-Business
'Urgent': Contractors call for extension of hedge-cutting season
The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has been called on to extend the open periods for the operation...
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
Landowners reminded of hedge-cutting duties over coming months
Landowners have been reminded that they are obliged to ensure that hedges, trees, ditches and other vegetation growing on their...
Rural Life
Contractor hedge-cutting and biodiversity event in the pipeline
A new contractor hedge-cutting and biodiversity event is currently being organised for the autumn, according to the Association of Farm...
