ICSA seeks separate hen harrier compensation plan

A separate, stand-alone compensation scheme for hen harrier designation is being sought by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA).

ICSA rural development committee vice-chairman Seamus Sherlock

was addressing an ICSA meeting in Templeglantine, Co Limerick, during which farmers outlined how their land has been devalued as a result of the hen harrier designation.