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COVID-19 restrictions for shooting in Northern Ireland: 27th November 2020

Lockdown regulations apply throughout Northern Ireland from Friday 27 November until Thursday 10 December inclusive. This means that we expect shooting in groups, including organised game shooting, to be able to resume from Friday 11 December subject to any further restrictions imposed by the Executive. Please remember there is a…

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New NI COVID restrictions to come into force on 27th Nov 2020

The Northern Ireland Executive met on Thursday 19th November and have agreed a further circuit breaker for 2 weeks that comes into effect 00.01 AM on the 27th November until 11th December 2020. The NI Direct website states the following: Sport Indoor and outdoor sport is not permitted, other than…

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European Firearms Passes will remain valid in Northern Ireland

Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol the Government has confirmed that Residents of Northern Ireland will still be able to request a European Firearms Permit and to use it to take a lawfully owned firearm to an EU country, including the Republic of Ireland, from 1 January 2021.…

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Republic of Ireland Level 5 Restrictions

Level 5 restrictions to come into force in the Republic of Ireland from midnight Wednesday 21st October 2020 and will last for 6 weeks. While we understand their would be nothing better than self isolating in a pigeon hide, but we are in the midst of a pandemic and we…

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Northern Ireland Country Sports can continue

Today the 14th October 2020 the Northern Ireland Executive has had to take difficulty steps to try and curb the number of COVID 19 infections as they continue to rise at an alarming rate across the country. These restrictions will come into force on Friday 16th October 2020 and will…

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IMFHA Protocols for Hunting During Covid-19

With current restrictions in place across the Republic of Ireland the Irish Master of Foxhounds Association have issued the following advice. Under the present guidance of Horse Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland hunting is permitted to continue during Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Governments 5 Level COVID…

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NI Deer bTB Survey 2020 can you help?

You will most likely be aware of the current bTB epidemic in cattle in Northern Ireland. The eradication programme for bTB costs and estimated £40 million per year, with an average of 1000 cattle culled each month. But despite these large-scale eradication efforts, bTB remains a huge problem for the…

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COVID safe principles for game shoots

The ‘COVID safe principles for game shoots’ has been further updated in light of recent restrictions, the need for shoots to comply with any additional restrictions that may be in place on the day of the shoot in the current climate, and to provide further guidance on the provision of shoot…

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EU vote to ban lead shot over wetlands

On Thursday 3rd September the EU REACH committee approved a proposal to ban lead shot over wetlands, within 2 years.  This proposal will now have to be ratified by the EU Council within 3 months.  Once ratified, which is considered a certainty, it will need to be published in in…

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Midland Angling and Shooting by Mick Flanagan September 2020

Once again our sporting events have been curtailed for another few weeks as Covid-19 restrictions of only 15 people gathering at an event has seen competitions and events cancelled. We did have a short window some weeks back when gatherings were limited to 200 and Lough Owel Anglers fished two…

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