Rural Life
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Environment
Controversy has risen over the last week around hedge cutting with the IRHA and local TD's stating there is “a lack of hedgerow management”
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has confirmed to Agriland that 215 herds were associated with illegal burning in 2024.
BirdWatch Ireland is calling on the public to adhere to hedge cutting laws protecting wild birds, which are now in force.
A Sligo man is to make a donation of €25,000 to local charities after appearing in court charged...
Gardaí have launched an investigation after four men with dogs were found allegedly hunting hares on lands in north Kerry over the weekend.
Agri-Business
3,501 people have received payments under the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (CTCCS) since it was established in 2011.
The end of the hedge-cutting ban is now three weeks away, with landowners permitted to cut hedges or ditches from Sunday, September 1.
Birdwatch Ireland has issued a reminder for the ongoing ban on hedge cutting to be adhered to until the practice can resume in September.
A wife “absolutely scalded” her husband for engaging in illegal Irish hare hunting in Doolin, Co Clare, a court has heard.
The RSA and the CCMA are calling on landowners to cut their hedgerows before the March 1 deadline, to ensure road safety
There have been "significant successes" against wildlife crime in 2023, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has said.
The open period for hedge cutting begins one week from today, with landowners permitted to cut hedges or ditches from next Friday.
Farmers have been urged to get their chainsaws and machinery serviced and ready to go for the hedge-cutting season from September 1.
Two men from Co. Laois have been convicted and fined under the Wildlife Acts for the "recreational killing" of protected wild birds.
Fire crews in counties Cork and Kerry have attended over 50 gorse fires in recent days, local authorities confirmed.
Landowners are being reminded that the annual season for cutting hedges will come to a close next Wednesday, March 1.
Heritage minister, Malcolm Noonan has visited the site of an illegal 300ha fire in Wicklow Mountains National Park and announced increased patrols and aerial surveillance to deter fires.
A Laois man has been convicted and fined €6,000 for the destruction of hedgerow vegetation and...
A farmer from Offaly was convicted and fined for destroying a hedgerow during the bird nesting...
The window for hedge-cutting and the burning of vegetation is open from today, September 1, until February 28.
Three people were fined for out-of-season hedge-cutting in Co. Westmeath today (Friday, March 26), as highlighted by the NPWS.
There is a "zero tolerance" approach to the illegal cutting of hedges between March 1 and August 31 each year, the NPWS warns.
