Irish Wildlife Trust.

Rewilding discussion event to take place in Longford

Environment

3 years ago

Rewilding discussion event to take place in Longford

The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) will hold a special event titled 'Rewilding for People and Nature'...

Call for greater enforcement to tackle illegal turf-cutting

Environment

3 years ago

Call for greater enforcement to tackle illegal turf-cutting

The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has called for greater law enforcement after new data revealed that...

Irish Wildlife Trust urges biodiversity report implementation

Environment

4 years ago

Irish Wildlife Trust urges biodiversity report implementation

The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has welcomed the report from the Joint Committee on Environment and...

Irish Wildlife Trust: 'Throughout 2020, only 2 permits issued by NPWS for controlled burning'

Rural Life

5 years ago

Irish Wildlife Trust: 'Throughout 2020, only 2 permits issued by NPWS for controlled burning'

The Irish Wildlife Trust said it has received information showing that "throughout 2020, only two permits were issued by the National Parks and Wildlife Service [NPWS] for ‘controlled’ burning in Ireland".

Establishment of a dedicated Wildlife Crime Unit confirmed for next year

Environment

6 years ago

Establishment of a dedicated Wildlife Crime Unit confirmed for next year

Minister Darragh O'Brien has confirmed today (Saturday, October 24) that a dedicated Wildlife Crime Unit will be established next year.

Environment

6 years ago

Irish Wildlife Trust: 'Although it is permitted to cut hedgerows, it is best not to'

The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has said that although the cutting of hedges is now permitted, "it is really best not to" do it.

Environment

8 years ago

IWT protests 'lack of action in the face of ecological collapse'

The IWT held four protests on Saturday as they believe there is "a lack of action in the face of planetary ecological collapse".

Environment

8 years ago

Calls for farmers to receive CAP payments for not farming

Calls have been made for farmers to receive payments under the CAP for not farming by the Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT).

Beef

8 years ago

'Badgers unfairly blamed for a problem that was not their making'

Badgers have been unfairly blamed for bovine tuberculosis (TB); a problem that was not their making, according to the Irish Wildlife Trust.

Rural Life

9 years ago

'Tighter regulation needed to cut the casual use of herbicides'

The IWT is urging local authorities and members of the public to avoid the use of harmful herbicides on Irish roadsides this summer.

Rural Life

9 years ago

Video: Weekend sunshine sparks a 'surge' in illegal wild fires

The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) says that the first dry spell of spring has seen a surge of wild fires across rural Ireland.

Environment

9 years ago

Meath farmer fined for illegal destruction of hedgerows

A cattle farmer in Co. Meath has been fined a total of €3,500 for the destruction of hedgerows during the bird nesting season in 2015.

Environment

9 years ago

26 illegal fires recorded during the closed season in 2016

A total of 27 wild fires were recorded by the Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) during the bird nesting season in 2016.

Environment

10 years ago

'Landowners already have six months a year for hedgecutting'

The proposed legislation under the bill is to allow for hedgecutting during August and burning at certain times of the year.