Person: Roger Garland

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general

Green Party Special Report: Ready to take advantage of rising tide of concern on climate crisis

Six seats next general election could see the Greens in government again, even if some party members are still bruised by their previous experience of coalition.

Damages award a set back for walkers in Ireland

National Indemnity Scheme the solution

Farmers should now yield right of way

business

Four pilot trails launched as part of walks scheme

news

Guarded welcome for olive branch to Greens

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

Minister should put it up to the farm lobby

IT was entirely predictable that the IFA should come out with their usual hysteria in the wake of the legal experts’ report on access to the countryside. Cries of “nationalisation of the land”, “trampling on our livelihoods”, etc, rend the airwaves.

Thu, 12 Jul, 2007

Greens in coalition - Credibility demanded a ‘yes’ vote

HAVING waited 25 years for a chance to play a role in government, the Green Party last night enthusiastically grasped the opportunity to enter coalition with Fianna Fáil, the PDs and Independents.

Thu, 14 Jun, 2007

New government must get us all up to speed

WHOEVER gets in, I hope they give me broadband!

Mon, 28 May, 2007

Farmers lack foresight over land access

NO sooner did the Labour Party introduce its proposed modest bill last week to facilitate legal access to mostly unproductive mountain land than it was subjected to the usual brainless tirade from the main farming organisations.

Wed, 11 Apr, 2007

Nally verdict gives no assurance to walkers

THE verdict in the Pádraig Nally case increases well-founded fears among walkers about venturing onto the mountains and hills of Ireland.

Tue, 02 Jan, 2007

Sargent slams Taoiseach's 'green' claims

Green Party Leader Trevor Sargent TD today responded with surprise to the Taoiseach's claim that Fianna Fáil has been following a green agenda for decades.

Wed, 27 Dec, 2006

IFA claims are a walk on the wild side

WE are not over impressed by recent IFA claims of a breakthrough in negotiations with Rural Affairs Minister Éamon Ó Cuív about access to the countryside.

Fri, 08 Dec, 2006

Why farmers should not be paid for letting walkers onto their lands

WE wish to respond to the comments by Cllr Michael Holmes (Irish Examiner Farming, September 7) where he accuses Keep Ireland Open of being “bully-boys” for daring to advocate reasonable access to the land.

Sat, 24 Sep, 2005

Bill to safeguard walkers’ rights will defy Ó Cuiv

A PRIVATE Member’s Bill to legislatively enshrine hill walkers’ rights is to beintroduced in the Dáil, in defiance of Eamon Ó Cuiv, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.

Tue, 21 Sep, 2004

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