EU funding shake-up puts flagship Irish nature projects at risk
The Corncrake LIFE project has been one of the success stories, working with landowners and local communities to enhance habitats for corncrakes in the west and north west of Ireland.
Some of Ireland's best-known environmental protection projects are at risk due to the EU Commission's radical redesign of post-2027 funding.
"We risk diluting critical environmental progress at a time when decisive action is non-negotiable", said Conor McCabe, manager of the Irish National Contact Point for the EU LIFE Programme within the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment.
