NPWS
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on 31 Mar 2021
NPWS minister on collision course with game council
The National Parks and Wildlife Service is expected to look for more funding and staff to promote biodiversity following a review.
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on 31 Mar 2021
Cork and Waterford tillage farmers sought for pilot project
The NPWS are currently accepting applications as they seek to expand their Farm Scheme programme.
Caitríona Morrissey on 26 Mar 2021
Landowner and contractors fined €6,400 for out-of-season hedge-cutting
The three people were prosecuted for a breach under Section 40(1)(b) of the Wildlife Acts.
Amy Forde on 19 Mar 2021
Wanted: farmers to apply to NPWS Farm Plan Scheme
The NPWS Farm Plan Scheme supports landowners to deliver actions that benefit habitats and species in biodiversity areas of European and Irish importance.
Niall Hurson on 18 Mar 2021
NARGC calls on Taoiseach to remove Minister Noonan from NPWS
Game council says an Taoiseach Micheál Martin has a responsibility to ensure that his ministers deal with their remits in a fair and impartial way.
Barry Cassidy on 15 Mar 2021
Farmers warned of ‘zero tolerance’ on illegal hedge-cutting
The NPWS has said it will bring further cases to court where bird nesting habitat is destroyed through the removal of hedgerows.
Barry Cassidy on 15 Mar 2021
Applications for deer hunting season open
Minister Noonan said responsible hunting can have an overall positive impact on nature by helping to manage deer populations at a sustainable level, in the absence of predators.
Ellen Durkin on 10 Mar 2021
Illegal burning ‘must stop’ as wildfires scorch Wicklow
The Heritage Minister is calling for a halt to illegal fires after 50ha of uplands were destroyed in a blaze on Scarr Mountain in Co Wicklow.
Niall Hurson on 09 Mar 2021
Arson blamed for weekend hill fires in Wicklow and Laois
Gardaí and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) are currently investigating the source of the fires.
Amy Forde on 06 Mar 2021
NPWS review to ensure it is ‘fit-for-purpose’
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is being reviewed, with a public consultation launched on the service.
Barry Cassidy on 01 Mar 2021
Hedge-cutting period now closed
The cutting or trimming of hedges is not permitted between 1 March and 31 August.
Niall Hurson on 24 Feb 2021
No change to hedge-cutting dates
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has said it will be issuing its members with a permission form to allow them to carry out essential hedge management.
Niall Hurson on 24 Feb 2021
No movement from Minister on hedge-cutting dates
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has said it will be issuing its members with a permission form to allow them to carry out essential hedge management.
Barry Cassidy on 22 Jan 2021
€500,000 committed for curlew conservation in 2021
Breeding curlew have suffered a 96% decline since the late 1980s and early 1990s, so it is threatened with extinction as a breeding species in Ireland.
Amy Forde on 03 Jan 2021
Wild deer and ‘trespassing sheep’ fenced out of Galway nature reserve
Wild deer and sheep have been fenced out of a Galway nature reserve due to overgrazing.
Letters to the Editor on 09 Dec 2020
Letter: management of Irish hedgerows
"Hedgerows: A personal view" - Alan Moore, Fethard, Co Tipperary.
Niall Hurson on 09 Dec 2020
Investigation after buzzard shot dead in Laois
The NPWS is liaising with Coillte, as the landowners, and An Garda Síochána in Portlaoise for offences under a range of legislation.
Niall Hurson on 09 Dec 2020
NPWS launch investigation following wild boar discovery in Mayo
The pigs have subsequently been removed following consultations with the Regional Veterinary Office in the Department of Agriculture and with the landowner Coillte.
Amy Forde on 06 Dec 2020
Drain blocking among the actions for Bord na Móna bog scheme
Some 33,000ha of bog which was previously used for peat extraction is to be rewet by Bord na Móna under a new bog rehabilitation scheme.
Niall Hurson on 09 Sep 2020
Lead ban is discriminatory toward farmers - IFA
Steel gunshots, which are the most likely alternative to be used, are available at a comparable price.