Plea to extend the controlled burning period
Cáillin Conneely, the IFA National Hill Farming Chairman, has urged Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan to ensure the managed burning of gorse is allowed in March, 2022. At a meeting with the Minister, Conneely said the extension by a month will facilitate numerous benefits. These include allowing better vegetative management; helping farmers to keep land eligible for various CAP schemes; and reducing uncontrolled wildfires. “We want to maintain farming in these…