Organisation: NARGC

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>There is no longer an open season on four species: scaup (top left), pintail (centre left), goldeneye (bottom left), and pochard (right).</p>

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Four birds added to hunt ban list

Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan has announced there’s no longer an open season on four bird species: scaup, goldeneye, pochard, and pintail (all ducks).

‘Seagull Hawk’ hen harrier still vulnerable

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Wildlife groups’ fury after young peregrine falcon is found shot

Curlew an open target yet again

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Commissioner asked for report on gun licensing

Covey boost for partridge family

Partridges rare in Irish pear trees

PARTRIDGES, as everybody knows, frequent pear trees during Christmas, although no self-respecting one would be seen dead in a tree at other times of the year.

Mon, 21 Dec, 2009

Sports groups give guarded welcome to ‘handguns ban’

SPORTS people who use handguns have given a qualified welcome to a “handguns ban” announced by the Government yesterday.

Thu, 20 Nov, 2008

Irish gun owners ‘blameless’ as 1,300 legally held guns stolen in four years

LEGAL gun owners are not to blame for tragedies such as the shooting rampage in Virginia, Irish firearms representatives said yesterday.

Wed, 18 Apr, 2007

Hunting group takes legal action against State

A HUNTING organisation has initiated legal action against the Environment Minister for failing to properly conserve the birds which they want to shoot.

Wed, 28 Mar, 2007

Can partridges be saved from extinction?

IRELAND has several species of wild chicken. The pheasant is the most successful of them, but it’s not really an Irish bird.

Mon, 08 May, 2006

Game Councils make plea for funds

THE 25,000-member National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC) has called on the Government to ring-fence funding for game conservation.

Tue, 04 Apr, 2006

Firearm law changes could affect farmers’ shotgun use

PROPOSED changes to firearms legislation could impede farmers’ use of legally held shotguns to scare off marauding dogs threatening their sheep flocks.

Thu, 03 Feb, 2005

McDowell accused of misleading Dáil on gun meetings

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell has been accused of misleading the Dáil over claims he met with representatives of shooting organisations to discuss amendments to firearms legislation.

Fri, 15 Oct, 2004

Cullen decision on shooting ban ‘to cost Government 118,000 votes’

ENVIRONMENT Minister Martin Cullen’s failure to lift a shooting ban on State lands will cost the Government almost 118,000 votes in the EU and local elections, a sports’ body has warned.

Mon, 10 May, 2004

Traditional sportsmen make a stand

A LOBBY group yesterday impressed on TDs from a number of parties the importance of traditional sports, such as angling, coursing and shooting in rural life.

Thu, 29 May, 2003

At each other’s throats over bloodsports

THE recent alignment of the National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC) and the UK-based Countryside Alliance has created the mother of all splits in Ireland’s bloodsports community.

Tue, 13 May, 2003