Experts to help out with plans

MORE experts are to be drafted in to resolve farmers’ problems with Commonage Framework Plans.

The Plans are expert assessments of commonages, with recommendations where necessary for reductions in sheep numbers, to allow vegetation to recover from overgrazing.

They were drawn up by agriculturalist-environmentalist teams, supervised by the Department of Agriculture and Food and Dúchas, the Heritage Service of the Department of the Environment and Local Government.