Ireland has been referred to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) following its longstanding failure to designate Special Areas of Conservation. Over 400 sites in Ireland do not have “the necessary conservation measures” according to the European Commission and the State has missed the relevant deadline for the Read more…
January 10th, 2019 The increase in corncrake numbers in 2018 is a welcome sign but is still well below a safe level for the threatened species, a leading conservationist has warned. Once commonly recognised by its distinctive rasping call, the corncrake has experienced a significant drop in population this century, Read more…
August 1st, 2018 A Cork-fledged wild sea eagle known as Eddie has been found dead on the Dingle Peninsula, in Co Kerry. Eddie was born in Glengarriff in 2016 and was the first wild white-tailed sea eagle to mature in Co Cork in over a century. The bird’s remains were Read more…
December 14th, 2017 It was announced earlier this month that the Wild Nephin wilderness area in Co Mayo is set to be incorporated into Ballycroy National Park. The swallowing up of 4,600 hectares of Coillte-owned land currently included in the Wild Nephin will expand the National Parks and Wildlife Service-owned Read more…
December 14th, 2017 Coillte has planted over 260,000 non-native conifer trees in Ireland’s first official wilderness zone over the past four years despite agreeing to phase out commercial forestry in the area in 2013. A plan to phase out planting was agreed in a 2013 Memorandum of Understanding to establish Read more…
August 2nd, 2016 Wind Turbines were responsible for the deaths of at least three rare White-Tailed Sea Eagles in the Cork-Kerry area, the National parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has revealed in a report to An Bord Pleanála. The report was delivered as part of an objection to a planned Read more…
Four men from Dungarvan have been convicted on various charges under the Wildlife Act, in relation to illegally hunting birds of prey in March and April 2014. Following hearings in Dungarvan District Court on the 15th of February and the 9th of March 2016, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) successfully prosecuted the four men, three of whom are involved with the local pigeon racing club.
April 4th, 2016 An Irish Environmental group has launched a campaign to prevent the construction of a sea wall at Donald Trump’s County Clare golf resort, Trump International. Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) have claimed that the construction of the 2.8km wall between Doughmore beach and the dunes on Read more…
