by Barbara Killeen | Dec 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
IFA Countryside Chair Conor O’Leary has urged TDs to voice their opposition to the upcoming Private Members Bill which is looking to ban foxhunting. It is due to come in front of the Dáil this week. “The bill is problematic because it doesn’t take account of...
by Barbara Killeen | Dec 11, 2025 | competition, countryside, photos
IFA Countryside has announced the winner of its 2025 Nature Through the Lens photography competition, following a strong field of entries and a period of public voting. The competition, aimed at celebrating Ireland’s natural environment, attracted a wide variety of...
by Barbara Killeen | Oct 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Please find attached “Avian Influenza Update No. 13 of 2025″ Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 has been confirmed in two turkey flocks in recent days; one in Co. Carlow on 4th November 2025 and one in Co. Meath on 5th November 2025. This is the first...
by Barbara Killeen | Oct 23, 2025 | countryside, NPWS, Sustainability, wildlife management
IFA Countryside is encouraging all members to complete and submit their 2025 Wild Bird Declaration returns to the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) by 31 January 2026. At the start of 2024, the NPWS introduced a system for the voluntary reporting of...
by Barbara Killeen | Oct 23, 2025 | countryside, Crime, Rural Security
IFA Deputy President Alice Doyle has welcomed the appointment of Supt. Michael Corbett as An Garda Siochana’s first ever Rural Crime Lead. Alice Doyle said that this appointment by the new Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly is a major step in the ongoing fight for rural...
