Celebrate Biodiversity Week at a Hedge Walk in Co. Kildare. Join us in exploring the plants and animals of hedgerows, how they protect our land from drought and flooding, and best practices for nature-friendly hedgerow management. These will be farm hedges – so it is a great opportunity to see how hedge laying can be […]
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Dáil Eireann, 23rd May 2023: Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, announced a review of Ireland’s Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations. These Regulations are designed to protect nature and our environment by requiring landowners to go through screening and an Environmental Impact Assessment for particular projects. Projects may include restructuring rural land (e.g. removing hedgerows or stone walls),
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To help you get started on your hedgerow management journey, we are hosting a webinar going through the steps of implementing the Hedge Code with lots of time for Q&A. We encourage all hedgerow managers to attend, whether you have a small garden hedge, a big farm one or are part of your local Tidy
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Celebrate Heritage Week with Hedgerows Ireland at a Hedge Walk in Ranelagh, Co. Dublin on Friday 18th August from 7-8pm. Join us in exploring the plants and animals that live in hedgerows, the benefits of hedge laying, and how this wonderful habitat can protect our land from drought and flooding. These will be urban hedges
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Celebrate Heritage Week with Westmeath County Council and Hedgerows Ireland at a Hedge Walk near Mullingar. Explore the ecology of hedgerows with ecologist Billy Flynn, who is working on a survey of Hedgerows in the north of Co. Westmeath. Billy will also outline some of the results emerging from his survey work. Mark McDowell from
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Written by Mark McDowell The planting of a new hedge in an urban environment is an event, it gets witnessed by thousands of people, many of them young children, and the progress and development of the children is mirrored in the growth and development of the hedge, they will always remember that hedge, their hedge,
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We have a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to turn the tide for nature in Europe: a law to #RestoreNature.
Yes! We have changed our name to Hedgerows Ireland! The Hedge Laying Association of Ireland – which has existed since 2004 – will have a new identity. We’re not abandoning our purpose, activities or our members. Instead, we’re recognising a need which has become more apparent – and which better reflects our core purpose. Our Constitution provides that
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Join Monaghan County Council and Hedgerows Ireland in celebration of our island’s hedgerows. The event will include a talk on the Monaghan Hedgerow Survey and the benefits of hedge laying, followed by an outdoor walk exploring the biodiversity of hedgerows and nature-friendly management options. You will come away with a deeper appreciation of this wonderful
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Celebrate Biodiversity Week with Hedgerows Ireland at a Hedge Walk in Co. Kildare. Join us in exploring the plants and animals that live in hedgerows, the benefits of hedge laying, and how this wonderful habitat can protect our land from drought and flooding. These will be farm hedges – so it is a great opportunity
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