Event: Keep Ireland Open

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Damages award a set back for walkers in Ireland

Earlier this month the walking community in Ireland was greatly alarmed to learn that a woman, who slipped and cut her knee on a boardwalk when walking The Wicklow Way, was awarded €40,000 damages against the National Parks & Wildlife Service who had installed it, writes Damien Enright

Thu, 28 Apr, 2016

Farm group’s hard line on land access

YOU report ICMSA president Jackie Cahill as saying (September 26) they would not enter further discussions unless there was a change in the law to guarantee “no dilution” of land ownership.

Mon, 08 Oct, 2007

Plan to offer farmers fees to allow access to lands

A PROPOSAL that would see farmers giving limited access to their lands in return for upkeep payments has met with a cautious response from groups campaigning for more access to the countryside.

Tue, 05 Dec, 2006

Facts of the case

TERESA O’MALLEY (Irish Examiner, Jan 8) says that Andy McSharry was jailed “as a result of a charge brought by hill walkers walking on his land”.

Mon, 19 Jan, 2004

Don’t let them put the people’s whistleblower out of business

IN the general furore about the estimates, the savage cut of 14% in the allocation for the Office of the Ombudsman could easily go unnoticed.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2002