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NPWS buys 2,310ac in under 13 months

A spokesperson for the Department of Housing, under which responsibility for the NPWS falls, revealed the acreage obtained by the State body from 1 January 2025 to 20 January 2026.

NEWS 24 January 2026

NPWS buys 2,310ac in under 13 months

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Birds Directive ruling could clip the wings of farming and forestry

Birds Directive ruling could clip the wings of farming and forestry

NEWS 18 January 2026

Big interview: Christopher O'Sullivan on the NPWS buying land and designations

Big interview: Christopher O'Sullivan on the NPWS buying land and designations

FEATURE 30 December 2025

New NPWS scheme in the works

New NPWS scheme in the works

New NPWS scheme in the works

NEWS 30 December 2025

INHFA rattled as Nature Restoration Law funds yet to materialise

INHFA rattled as Nature Restoration Law funds yet to materialise

INHFA rattled as Nature Restoration Law funds yet to materialise

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 27 December 2025

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90% of Ireland’s habitats in unfavourable status, report finds

90% of Ireland’s habitats in unfavourable status, report finds

While nature can bounce back quickly, the recovery of habitats and species to the high standards set out in the habitats directive can take time, Minister for Nature Christopher O'Sullivan said.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 23 September 2025

State buys 100ac of land in the Glen of the Downs

State buys 100ac of land in the Glen of the Downs

The land, some of which has coniferous forestry, borders an ancient sessile oak forest.

NEWS 23 September 2025

Farmers call on State to cease buying hill land

Farmers call on State to cease buying hill land

INHFA president says that while the ongoing accumulation of land by the NPWS is seen by some as a positive in protecting nature, he has a different view.

NEWS 23 September 2025

Farmer buy-in was key to corncrake project's success

Farmer buy-in was key to corncrake project's success

'We simply could not have done anything without the farmers and landowners,' admitted Dr John Carey of the Corncrake LIFE project.

NEWS 23 September 2025

Gun clubs to take out mink

Gun clubs to take out mink

The pilot programme seeks to eradicate American mink in an area around the midlands across a period of three and a half years.

DEALER 23 September 2025

Farmer ordered to pay over €9,300 for destruction of limestone pavement

Farmer ordered to pay over €9,300 for destruction of limestone pavement

At Ennis District Court, Judge Adrian Harris said he had to record a conviction against Co Galway farmer, Martin Feeney as 10ac of limestone habitat “has been destroyed", Gordon Deegan reports.

NEWS 23 September 2025

NPWS buys almost 100ac in Co Cork

NPWS buys almost 100ac in Co Cork

The land that was bought at White’s Marsh is planned to be used for nature restoration.

NEWS 23 September 2025

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