Environment
Farmers to get paid to cut hedges on public roads in Clare
Clare County Council will offer grants to landowners and community groups to maintain hedgerows alongside public roads throughout County Clare. The...
Environment
Clare County Council will offer grants to landowners and community groups to maintain hedgerows alongside public roads throughout County Clare. The...
Environment
Figures obtained by the Irish Wildlife Trust under a recent freedom of information enquiry has revealed that since 2011, there...
Environment
There will be no changes to the current legislation to allow farmers to manage hedgecutting and burning at certain times within...
Environment
New laws governing the hedgecutting season in Ireland are set to be reintroduced into the Oireachtas in the coming weeks....
Environment
Concerns have been raised that recently announced changes to the rules surrounding hedgecutting might not be implemented in time for...
Rural Life
A man has died in Co. Limerick after he was electrocuted while hedgecutting, a Garda spokesperson has confirmed. The accident happened...
Environment
From today, March 1, hedgecutting restrictions come into effect until August 31 meaning farmers are not legally allowed to cut...
Environment
Proposed changes to the rules governing hedgecutting in Ireland will be subject to conditions and restrictions, according to the Minister...
Environment
New legislation to allow an extension to hedgecutting and burning periods on a pilot basis has yet to be passed into...
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...
Environment
The review findings of the working group on hedgecutting dates and gorse burning are to be published shortly, according to the...
Environment
The proposed suspension of the planting of new hedgerows for the second GLAS tranche is in part due to concerns about...
Environment
The debate over the prohibited period for hedgecutting is now being framed as a direct conflict between road safety and wildlife...
Environment
The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys is expected to make a decision on a possible change to...
Environment
Despite the IFA’s claims, the bird nesting season does not end early, according to An Taisce which says that the...
Environment
Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys has been called on to ensure the current review of hedge cutting dates delivers a shorter...