Rural Life
A Fine Gael senator has raised incidents of gorse fires in Roscommon in the Seanad this week and...
Units from Ennistymon Fire & Rescue Service in Clare have been deployed again this afternoon after reports that a gorse fire has reignited.
A status orange high fire risk warning is in place across the May Bank Holiday Weekend due to current dry weather patterns.
Last weekend, April 2025, several sites around Wild Nephin national park, Co. Mayo were affected by "major fire incidents".
Forestry
The department has extended the condition orange danger rating for fire risk - indicating high fire risk - by one week.
Native Irish goats are to be introduced to Killiney Hill Co. Dublin after devastating gorse fires saw the evacuation of homes
The Hen Harrier Project is currently running a trial on using mob grazing of horses and goats to manage gorse.
Farmers in Wales are reportedly being offered an unusual form of animal bedding in light of straw price hikes - gorse and heather.
Environment
There will be no changes to the current legislation to allow farmers to manage hedgecutting and burning at certain times within the existing closed period before September this year, it is understood.
