30th March 2017 Yesterday’s Heritage Bill caused a lot of tension and heated debate in the Seanad but also on social media. Click here to read more about Wednesday’s debate. Here are some of the stand out comments about the Heritage Bill. People were reminded of the petition which is Read more…
27th March 2017 Irish Wildlife Trust released a statement today commenting on the alarming number of wild fires they have recorded since Friday and urged people to report any illegal fires and burning of vegetation. 15 wild fires were recorded in Kerry, Waterford, Galway, Donegal, Louth and Mayo with 8 Read more…
March 07 2017 Last week, TG4’s Éire Fhiáin blew us away with spectacular footage of Ireland’s south-west coast, taking us on a pilgrimage of biodiversity from the haunted shores of Skellig Michael and Puffin Island right up to the emblematic Burren landscape. Today, the journey continues with Eoin Warner and Read more…
March 3rd 2017 Protesters dressed as bees, foxes and even an Angry Bird, made their presence felt outside the Oireachtas this week as the controversial Heritage Bill came back up for debate. The Heritage Bill being put forward by Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Heather Humphreys Read more…
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px 0px -200px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_accordion][x_accordion_item title=”Annual 6 month ban on Hedge Cutting remains” open=”true”]The controversial Heritage Bill, proposed by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys , will not Read more…
Image: J Woodlock December 14th 2016 Ireland’s degraded marine environment got no help this week as the Minister for the Marine Michael Creed continued the policy of overfishing. Environmental groups have criticised the Minister for continuing to pursue overfishing in Irish waters with the announcement of the 2017 fish quotas. Read more…
August 9th, 2016 Four leading Irish conservation groups have joined forces in a campaign aimed at convincing the Minister responsible for Natural Heritage, Heather Humphreys T.D., to maintain the closed period for hedge cutting as it currently stands: from the 1st of March to the 31st of August. BirdWatch Ireland, Read more…
July 29th, 2016 The Environmental Pillar have reiterated that it remains illegal to routinely cut hedges during the month of August. In a statement released yesterday, the advocacy coalition of 28 Irish NGOs have reinforced that under the Wildlife Acts, it is illegal to routinely cut hedgerows during the closed Read more…
June 14th, 2016 Campaigners in animal costumes today demonstrated outside the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in a call for the protection of water and wildlife to be included in the remit of the department. The campaigners were delivering a 14,000 strong petition to Minister Denis Naughten calling for the reinstatement Read more…
June 3rd 2016 Minister Heather Humphreys has relaunched her controversial bill to allow farmers burn scrub and cut hedgerows for longer in the year. Wildlife campaigners say the changes have no scientific backing and will devastate Ireland’s wild bird and mammal populations who live on the margins of farmland. It Read more…
