The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has teamed up with the State-owned forestry business Coillte to combat wildfires using drones.

Fire crews are dealing with a significant gorse fire in Clare this evening where a Condition Orange fire risk warning is in place until Friday.

A man has been arrested in relation to a massive gorse fire in Co Donegal.

The fire will continue to be monitored overnight with a number of 'hot-spots' still under observation.

One of the worst seasons of wildfires in 2017 has been followed by raging fires this year that have devastated our most valuable habitats, writes Pádraic Fogarty.

A family has been rescued from the Dublin mountains after a gorse fire yesterday evening.

Dublin Fire Brigade are tackling gorse fires in Puck's Castle, which may have been started deliberately.

A gorse fire has broken out in Sutton in North Dublin.

A monitoring operation has continued overnight following severe gorse fires near Kilternan in South County Dublin yesterday.

This rabbit is a fighter.

Dublin Fire Brigade say there was no one injured during a gorse fire at Threerock Mountain last night.

As the number of gorse wildfires in Kerry has almost trebled so far this year, a warning has been issued that human life will be lost if the situation is not controlled.

Emergency services are at the scene of a gorse fire in Roscommon.

Gardai in County Kerry are looking for the public's assistance in identifying who was responsible for gorse fires last week that caused significant damage to Killarney National Park.