An agricultural contractor and a farmer won a court case that was taken against them by the National Parks and...
May 19, 2021
Three people were fined for out-of-season hedge-cutting in Co. Westmeath today (Friday, March 26), the Department of Housing, Local Government...
March 26, 2021
There is a “zero tolerance” approach to the illegal cutting of hedges between March 1 and August 31 each year,...
March 15, 2021
A Kildare farmer has been ordered to pay €2,500 for hedge-cutting which was found to be an offence under the...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued advice to farmers and their advisors in relation to agricultural...
March 3, 2021
An extension to the hedge-cutting season has been ruled out – with the annual ban on hedge-cutting coming into effect...
March 1, 2021
Contractors have called on the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allow for an extension to the hedge-cutting season under...
February 25, 2021
80% of contractors who were brought in to cut hedges in the first stage of rolling out the National Broadband...
November 9, 2020
Landowners are being reminded that they are obliged, under the Roads Act of 1993, to take all reasonable care to...
September 25, 2020
Farmers and agricultural contractors can once again break out the tractors and hedge-cutters as the hedge-cutting season opens today (Tuesday,...
September 1, 2020
A change in legislation has been called for by agricultural contractors to allow for the maintenance of all roadside hedges...
February 19, 2020
The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has been called on to extend the open periods for the operation...
February 18, 2020
An agricultural contractor and a landowner have both been issued fines and ordered to pay legal costs, having pleaded guilty...
December 17, 2019
Landowners have been reminded that they are obliged to ensure that hedges, trees, ditches and other vegetation growing on their...
September 25, 2019
A new contractor hedge-cutting and biodiversity event is currently being organised for the autumn, according to the Association of Farm...
August 16, 2019
Farmers have until the end of February to carry out hedge-cutting on their land. As ground stands in relatively good...
January 12, 2019
There is “massive anger and frustration within rural communities” over news that recent changes to the Heritage Act will not...
August 1, 2018
A ban on hedgecutting is set to come into effect at the start of next month, as has been the...
February 5, 2018
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