Habitat GLAS applicants find their birds had flown
They discovered that eligibility for qualification for the hen harrier module in GLAS has been removed from 29 farms in the county.
Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney confirmed in the Dáil that designation of areas under the Birds and Habitats Directives is a matter in the first instance for the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and his Department has been advised by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of that Department that designation should be removed from a relatively small area in Co Donegal, because it is not a habitat for the bird.
