On Monday, August 29th, 2016 we were delighted to host a visit from the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan. Michael John Moroney pictured here telling the Commissioner what being part of the Burren [...]
At the launch of the Burren Winterage School in Corofin on Thursday, 22nd October, Bord Bía awarded prizes to Burren farmers within 6 different categories. The Burren community and delegates of European Forum for Nature [...]
The Clare Herald. 23rd June 2015. Tourists will this weekend be able to walk in the footsteps of Prince Charles, who made a historic a visit to County Clare last month. Prince Charles fulfilled a [...]
See Original Article The nature-loving royal visitor was in a very special place, and he knew it What do you give a man who has everything (Apart from the monarchy, obviously)? A stick. Britain’s [...]
There’s a very common notion, and a distinctly toxic one, that the relationship between farming and nature conservation in Ireland is necessarily and mutually destructive. Farmers destroy the environment, right? And conservationists would stop farmers [...]
Ireland’s BurrenLIFE project (LIFE04 NAT/IE/000125) has produced innovations in results-based approaches to agri-environment action that have been highlighted as good practice by EU rural development authorities. This accolade comes from the first phase of a [...]
On Friday September 13th 2013, Jimmy Deenihan, T.D., Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, accepted Ireland’s first ever ‘European Diploma of Protected Areas Award’ from the Council of Europe for the sustainable management [...]
New EU Publication on farming in N2000: Case Study on the Burren Farming for Natura 2000 Guidance on how to integrate Natura 2000 conservation objectives into farming practices, based on Member States good practice experiences [...]
Michael Viney, long term columnist with the Irish Times wrote a wonderful article about farming for conservation in the Burren for the lates issue of Burren Insight 3. To purchase Burren Insight 3, contact trust@burrenbeo.com [...]
