Rural Life
A Fine Gael senator has raised incidents of gorse fires in Roscommon in the Seanad this week and...
N.Ireland
The public are being urged to act responsibly when enjoying the countryside in Northern Ireland...
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has confirmed that over 50 firefighters are...
Environment
A new survey has found that nine in 10 (90%) homeowners in Ireland are markedly concerned by the...
The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) has said it is supporting calls from other agencies and farming...
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has engaged a specialist UK company to train staff...
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has today (Tuesday, March 28) opened a consultation...
Two firefighters have received minor injuries while attending the scene of a gorse wildfire in...
Forestry
A 'condition orange' danger rating for fire - indicating "high fire risk" - is currently in place...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has called for an extension to the controlled burning period...
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue is being called on to intervene...
Calls have been made for an all-island strategy to tackle gorse fires as firefighters tackle an...
A dog rounded up her flock of sheep with her owner and brought them to the "safest paddock on the...
The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has issued a warning and reminder to the...
A man has been arrested by Gardaí in relation to the outbreak of a gorse fire in Co. Donegal on...
The Air Corps was called in to assist local authorities in tackling a wildfire in Co. Donegal...
Wildfires raging across the Wicklow Mountains have necessitated calling in the big guns in recent...
The effects of the recent fire in the Slieve Bloom Mountains posed a substantial threat to one of...
Farmers have been warned by the IFA to be ‘extra vigilant’ after the Forest Service issued a...
