Environment
By Gordon Deegan A farmer has been ordered to pay over €9,300 in penalties for the destruction...
Some of the country's most valuable sites for nature are being celebrated today (Wednesday, May 21) to mark Natura 2000 day.
Rural Life
A Fine Gael senator has raised incidents of gorse fires in Roscommon in the Seanad this week and...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a case taken by farmer in relation to designated land in Co. Donegal can "largely" proceed.
Old Irish Goats are to be used in a proposed pilot project to control invasive plant species on designated sites in Clare and Galway.
The Supreme Court has refused a man permission to appeal a High Court decision to strike out his case in relation to designated land.
165ac of land within and adjacent to the Cullahill Mountain SAC in Kilkenny is to be designated as a new nature reserve.
36 local community projects have been allocated a total of €458,000 under the expanded Peatlands and Natura Community Engagement Scheme 2024.
Turf cutting on raised bogs in 2023 was down by almost 40% when compared with the previous year, the Department of Housing said.
The Gearagh in Co. Cork, which is an important woodland and nature reserve, is receiving support to...
A private company has been convicted and fined for damaging works at a sensitive habitats areas in Co. Kildare in 2021.
Agri Politics
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers' Association is seeking a tax exemption for all payments farmers receive under environmental schemes.
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers' Association (INHFA) has said that land designations in Ireland need to be renegotiated.
Agri-Business
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) has said that "the negative impact" of designated land on farmers must be addressed.
Serious damage was caused to a wet heath habitat in Kerry after a sheep farmer used a heavy machine to construct a track, a court was told.
The illegal use of scrambler bikes within the Wicklow Mountains Special Area of Conservation (SAC)...
The IFA team which is responsible for representing farmers on designated lands has called for more funding for affected farmers.
The INHFA has raised concerns that new EU land designations will have "major implications for farming, business and community life".
Efforts to try and prevent the granting of a prospecting licence in Connemara for gold and silver are well and truly underway this week.
Farmers in the Shannon Callows says they are the greenest farmers in Ireland and yet they are the most punished.
Minister Madigan has been called on to ensure farmers with designated Natura land are properly compensated for the restrictions, by the IFA.
'Serious questions' need to be asked after it emerged there are elevated levels of pesticide in the west Limerick water supply.
The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has a role in conserving habitats and species as a result of national and EU law.
