NPWS
Barry Murphy on 25 Jan 2022
Warning on illegal hedge-cutting
The NPWS is encouraging members of the public to report cases of illegal hedge-cutting.
Amy Forde on 23 Jan 2022
Curlew champions and nest protection officers wanted
The National Parks and Wildlife Service is hiring for a number of jobs related to curlew conservation.
Barry Murphy on 12 Jan 2022
Wicklow gardaí ‘waiting’ for Department report on sheep shooting
Video evidence has emerged of the sheep shooting activity in Wicklow and farmers in the county continue their call for action.
Rachel Donovan on 12 Jan 2022
Mayo landowner given five months to pay fine for hedgerow destruction
NPWS are appealing to all landowners to be aware of their legal responsibilities around the removal of vegetation during the bird nesting season.
Barry Murphy on 01 Dec 2021
Guided sheep shooting tours being offered
The Irish Farmers Journal has sought clarity from the Department of Agriculture as to whether or not welfare, food chain, disease control and flock ownership criteria apply to the shot sheep.
Rachel Donovan on 29 Nov 2021
NPWS Farm Plan Scheme unappealing to farmers - Nolan
Deputy Carol Nolan pressed Minster Noonan on the National Parks and Wildlife Service Farm Plan Scheme and said she does not see numbers improving.
Barry Murphy on 03 Nov 2021
Kilkenny farmer fined €1,250 for removal of hedgerow
The farmer admitted it was the wrong time of the year to be carrying out this type of work as it was during the bird nesting season.
Rachel Donovan on 03 Nov 2021
Cork landowner donates €1,000 in lieu of conviction under Wildlife Act
The judge was shocked at the ‘lamentable ignorance’ of a Clonakilty landowner in relation to the provisions of the Wildlife Act.
Rachel Donovan on 22 Oct 2021
Three-month suspended sentence for dead buzzards
A Laois farmer pleaded guilty to a breach of the Wildlife Acts when two dead buzzards were found strung up on his land.
Rachel Donovan on 19 Oct 2021
€3,000 fine for hedgerow and scrub woodland destruction
A conviction and fine was handed down to a Galway man, farming in Co Tipperary, for two offences under the Wildlife Acts
Caoimhe Harney on 18 Oct 2021
Farmer fined €4,000 for hedgerow destruction
The farmer said he was not aware of the requirements and had commissioned the work to take place during the bird nesting season.
Amy Forde on 08 Sep 2021
Over €10,000 in fines handed down for hedgerow destruction
A conviction and fine for destroying a hedgerow and verbally abusing a National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Ranger was handed down to a Laois farmer earlier this year.
Amy Forde on 05 Sep 2021
Offaly farmer fined €1,000 for hedgerow destruction
In his evidence to the court, conservation ranger Colm Malone stated that the vegetation was destroyed during the peak of the bird nesting season.
Amy Forde on 01 Sep 2021
Chosen route for Galway-Athlone cycleway expected by Christmas
Five routes for the cycleway went out to public consultation over the last number of months.
Caoimhe Harney on 18 Aug 2021
Farmers asked to help with the reintroduction of eagles
Some 21 white-tailed eagle chicks have been released into the wild in Munster.
Noel Bardon on 28 Jul 2021
Farmers still waiting on Bord na Móna rewetting damages guarantee - ICMSA
The president of the ICMSA has reiterated calls for Bord na Móna to commit to rectify any damage caused to farms in the rewetting of bogs.
Noel Bardon on 21 Jun 2021
Guarantee needed for farmland which adjoins rewetting projects - ICMSA
The ICMSA has called for safeguards to be put in place for farmers whose lands border bog areas proposed for rewetting.
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on 18 Jun 2021
Remaining wild boar in Kerry dispatched
A number of wild boar were found roaming in Kerry and had caused considerable concern.
Barry Cassidy on 26 May 2021
Destination of credit for carbon stored by bogs still unknown
Irish agriculture must be given credit for the carbon stored by rewetted bogs, politicans told Department officials at a recent meeting.
Niall Hurson on 20 May 2021
NPWS and Intel team up to rewet 60ha of Wicklow bog
This public-private project collaboration is one of the first of its kind in Ireland for water restoration and the protection of biodiversity.