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- September 18th, 2018
- Environmental & Rural
Water users urged to take precautions to avoid spread of crayfish plague
Water users urged to take precautions to avoid spread of crayfish plague. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs today urged water users, both recreational and commercial to take precautions when visiting the River Blackwater catchment in Co Tyrone. The warning comes after some dead native white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)…
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- September 5th, 2018
- Environmental & Rural
Countryside Alliance sets out 5 principles for new agricultural policy
The Countryside Alliance has set out five principles that should be at the heart of a new British agricultural policy to replace the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. The Government has been consulting on plans to introduce a UK policy framework for agriculture with specific policies for a new system of…
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- August 10th, 2018
- Latest News
First Aid Trauma Training
Countryside Alliance Ireland has been approached by Mr Keith McCabe who is available to provide first aid trauma training to any of our groups. Keith has looked at the incidents and he has suggested that the course is run in two 3-hour modules. The first module is a 3-hour BLS…
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- July 18th, 2018
- Hunting
Dog Breeding Establishment Guidelines July 2018 – R of I
The Department of Rural and Community Development (the Department) has put in place a revised set of Guidelines for Dog Breeding Establishments (DBEs The Guidelines are in place to support the improvement of standards in DBEs and form part of the framework within which local authorities carry out inspections and…
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- July 18th, 2018
- Environmental & Rural
Be Wildfire Aware
In 2017 the fire service attended over 2,072 gorse fires across Ireland. While the majority of gorse fires attended by the Fire & Rescue Services are started deliberately they can also be started unintentionally by thoughtless and careless behaviour. Both deliberate and accidental fires can cost lives and they are asking…
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- July 18th, 2018
- Environmental & Rural
Countryside Alliance Show How Rural Activities Can Lead To Health Benefits
The Countryside Alliance has told a Government inquiry how taking part in rural activities such as fishing, hunting or shooting sports has shown to provide a positive impact on social mobility, education, health, and community engagement. The Countryside Alliance submitted written evidence on the positive role rural sports can have…
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- May 4th, 2018
- Political
Hunters call for support post-Brexit
HUNTERS have called for the value of country sports to be recognised in the new relationship between the EU and the UK post-Brexit. FACE, the Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU, and its UK regional group FACE UK, have asked for specific policies to protect trade and…
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- February 19th, 2018
- Shooting
PRIVATISATION OF DEER MANAGEMENT ON STATE LANDS?
Wicklow Sika stag: is management of deer on State lands to be privatised, and if so, what will be the effect on deer populations and on the ordinary licensed hunter? The Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine has published a Request for Tenders (RFT)for the provision of deer management services…
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- January 15th, 2018
- Shooting
European Firearms Passes Know the Facts
There have been a number of incidents where people have been caught with firearms visiting or transiting from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland and vice versa on the belief they could do so with only a European Firearms Pass (EFP) A European Firearms pass allows the following: A…
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- October 6th, 2017
- Environmental & Rural
Compulsory CRRU-IASIS Wildlife Aware Certification
Trained Professional Users of Rodenticides must register with Dept of Agriculture by 31 December 2017 and must have CRRU-IASIS Wildlife Aware Certification Newly introduced requirements for those offering rodent pest management services require that Trained Professional Users (PMUs) offering such service register with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the…
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