Amy Lewis Drainage, farm intensification, upland burning, land abandonment, afforestation have decimated curlews

I’M loathe to rise to Cormac MacConnell’s bait (Farming, September 1), but as Ireland’s largest wildlife conservation charity we cannot allow his comments to go unchecked.

IN spite of a promise of long-awaited action by state agencies and farming organisations against illegal burning on mountains and upland areas, such burning is continuing unabated.

IN its environmental performance review, the OECD recently praised environmental research and innovation being carried out in Ireland.

Efforts to bring majestic birds of prey back to Irish skies have been dealt a massive blow after eagles and kites were killed in a spate of poisonings, it emerged tonight.