The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is currently finalising the draft Threat Response Plan for public consultation on the Hen Harrier…
It has been confirmed that the first 80 farmers have been selected for the Hen Harrier Programme from expressions of interest submitted last December.…
Work on the roll-out of the new Hen Harrier Scheme will ‘begin immediately’, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, announced…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is ‘failing miserably’ to properly compensate owners of designated land, the ICMSA’s Pat Rohan said.…
The Minister for Agriculture launched a new funding initiative called European Innovation Partnerships’ at the recent inaugural Natural Rural Network (NRN) conference. The…
Hen Harrier populations in several of the designated Special Protected Areas (SPAs) have declined 26.6% since 2005, the results of the the 2015 National Survey…
The IFA is telling the National Parks and Wildlife and Birdwatch Ireland to keep off farmers’ land. Launching a poster campaign, IFA National Chairman…
The process of formally introducing the Locally-Led Agri-Environment hen harrier measure by amendment to the RDP is expected to conclude early next year, the…
Every hectare covered by a Hen Harrier designation must be adequately compensated, ICSA Rural Development Chairman, Billy Gray has said. According to Gray,…
