'Vigilance' urged after wildfires in Co Louth

Landowners in Louth are being asked to be vigilant after firefighters battled nine serious gorse and heather fires in the last week, which have threatened the homes of vulnerable people isolating in Covid-19.

Louth Co. Council has made the appeal to all landowners in the Cooley Peninsula and other shrubland areas in the county to ensure there are no illegal burning of gorse or other vegetation on their lands.