biodiversity
Court: 1,400m of hedgerow removed on neighbours' lands
At a recent sitting of Macroom District Court, Judge James McNulty issued fines totalling €4,000 on two neighbouring landowners from...
biodiversity
At a recent sitting of Macroom District Court, Judge James McNulty issued fines totalling €4,000 on two neighbouring landowners from...
Rural Life
The removal of 400m of mature hedgerow during bird nesting season has led to a conviction and fine for a...
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Rural Life
A Co. Galway farmer has been convicted and fined €3,000 for destroying 755m of hedgerows and 0.7ac of scrub woodland...
Rural Life
A Co. Mayo farmer has been fined €4,000 and received a 20% penalty to his farm payments for the destruction...
Environment
A Laois man has been convicted and fined €6,000 for the destruction of hedgerow vegetation and trees containing birds’ nests,...
CAP / Schemes
As hedge-cutting starts up once more across the Irish countryside, farmers who avail of the Nitrates Derogation should take heed...
Rural Life
A farmer from Offaly was convicted and fined for destroying a hedgerow during the bird nesting season over the summer...
Environment
A new national organisation, Hedgerows Ireland, is calling for specific legislation to be introduced to protect ‘Ireland’s rainforests’ – native...
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Agri Politics
A debate and action on “how to compensate farmers for all the carbon that they already sequester in their farms”...
Environment
The joint winners of the Teagasc Hedge Cutting Competition for 2019 have been announced, with the joint top prizes going...
Environment
A “pilot scheme in relation to on-farm carbon trading to reward farmers for the public goods they are providing” is...
Environment
The importance of hedgerows to the Irish countryside – and the benefits they bring – are being highlighted over the...
CAP / Schemes
Hedgerows and how to manage them is a topic of conversation becoming more popular. In a recent episode of Teagasc’s...
Agri Politics
While hedgerows are currently not accounted for in relation to the calculation of Ireland’s compliance with emissions targets to 2020,...
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Agri Politics
It is “critical” that Ireland’s 6% of hedgerows are included in calculations when it comes to the country’s carbon sequestration...
Environment
Farmers and rural-dwellers should always think safety first before starting any work during Hedgerow Week 2019 – and all other...
Environment
Teagasc Hedgerow Week 2019 was officially launched by Minister of State Andrew Doyle at the Teagasc Kildalton Agriculture College today,...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine “recognises” the importance of hedgerows and woodland habitats and their roles in...