Burren farmers start to receive conservation payments

Payments under the 2015 Burren Farming for Conservation Programme have begun issuing to farmers.

This is the sixth year of the agri-environmental programme for farmers in the Burren region of north Clare and south Galway.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, who confirmed the payments, said the programme is implemented in conjunction with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Burren Life team.