Call to clarify land access rights

THE issue of access to land cannot be resolved without clarity of legal rights and obligations, ICMSA president Pat O’Rourke told his association’s annual general meeting in Limerick.

Mr O’Rourke said it had recently been proposed that farm organisations would agree a countryside code and a national countryside recreation strategy to include arrangements for access to the countryside.

The suggestion is that farm organisations should fully engage on these matters within Comhairle na Tuaithe.