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Climate and environment
Corncrake farmers receive €400,000 as numbers rise
James Hanly
Corncrakes are birds of low-intensity grasslands so many farmers have opted to reduce stocking density and levels of grass production while also allowing predator control to occur on their lands.
3 April 2025 Forestry
Coillte and IFI publish agreement on nature restoration and climate action
The agreement will work to deliver conservation projects aimed at protecting, enhancing and restoring important ecosystems across Coillte’s forestry estate and Ireland’s inland waterways.
2 April 2025 Climate and environment
West Clare farmer rewets peatland with county council
In the project, a blanket bog - home to two rare and protected birds, the merlin and hen harrier - is being rewetted to provide a wildlife sanctuary for rare habitats and species of concern.
Kepak appoints new head of sustainability
Thompson has been group sustainability manager with Kepak since January 2022 and will succeed Margaret Berry.
18 March 2025 News
Court of Appeal directs farmer's case over SAC land to High Court
The farmer is now seeking damages for alleged loss and damage caused to him by the SAC designation, mainly based on the profits he would allegedly have earned had he been permitted to plant forestry.
16 March 2025 Forestry
€5,000 grants for advice on vacant traditional houses
This is the second year of the Conservation Advice Grant scheme.
12 March 2025 News
State pays €2,020/ac for over 600ac of Galway land
Minister of State for nature, heritage and biodiversity Christopher O’Sullivan announced that this purchase will go towards the significant expansion of the Connemara National Park.
12 March 2025 News
‘Significant’ 615ac expansion at Connemara National Park announced
This land purchase represents the most significant addition to the park since it was first opened to the public in 1980.
6 March 2025 News
Birds spotted at ACRES wader scrape within a week
The ACRES Breifne CP zone was set up on Seamus Cornyn's farm in Drumshanbo with the aim of providing optimal feeding habitat for species such as snipe, lapwing, redshank, and curlew.
5 March 2025 Climate and environment
Footprint Farmers: seeds of change in Co Clare
The team at Irish Seedsavers is acutely aware of the impacts of a changing climate, and very proactive in adapting to it, helping build local and national resilience, writes Brendan Dunford.
19 February 2025 Footprint Farmers
Over 1,600 farmers engaged in hen harrier conservation project
This comes from the final report of the Hen Harrier Project European Innovation Partnership, which operated between 2017 and 2023.
12 February 2025 News
Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme opens
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon made the announcement of the scheme with a budget of €1.5m.
29 January 2025 News