Burrenbeo September 2020 Snapshot
Photo Credit September Sunrise : Martin Kiely Much like the stunning sunrise (above), it feels like a new beginning of sorts, a gradual re-emergence for many of us from our digital caves where [...]
The Practice of Burren Winterage: A short video
In this video, three Burren farmers tell us what the practice of Winterage means to them. Winterage or herding cattle in the autumn from the lowlands up to the highlands for grazing over winter [...]
National Heritage Week 2020
Michael Lynch and Elaine Lynch - Online Zoom Presentation Wednesday, August 19th at 8pm Michael Lynch is the Field Monument Advisor for Co. Clare and he has been working in archaeology in the Burren [...]
Welcome to the July & August Farming for Nature Newsletter
Welcome to the July-August edition of the Farming for Nature Newsletter. This bimonthly publication contains news and upcoming events, offers helpful nature-friendly tips for your farm, and shares useful resources, including words of wisdom [...]
Teagasc Environment Newsletters featuring EIPs
See below links to recent features on EIPs (European Innovation Partnership) in Teagasc publications: Teagasc Environment Newsletter June 2020 featuring the BRIDE EIP Teagasc Environment Newsletter April 2020 featureing Caomhnú Árann EIP [...]
Teagasc PhD Walsh Scholarship Opportunity
Optimisation of upland/lowland resources within farming systems to deliver a range of ecosystem services across multifunctional agricultural landscapes Ref Walsh Scholarship Number 2020005 The Walsh Scholarships Programme is Teagasc's postgraduate development programme, with some 140 students [...]
Farming for Nature – the role of results based payments
A new book is available online entitled Farming for Nature – the role of results-based payments. This book has been edited by Eileen O’Rourke and John A. Finn. Contributors of this book include Brendan [...]
Pearl Mussel Project News: Issue 1
The Pearl Mussel Project have produced a short farm newsletter with information on some of the latest developments within the programme. We hope to produce further issues of Pearl Mussel Project News during the [...]
Welcome to the March & April Farming for Nature Newsletter
Farming for Nature March & April 2020 Newsletter Welcome to the March & April edition of the Farming for Nature Newsletter. This bimonthly publication contains news and upcoming events, offers helpful nature-friendly tips for your [...]
Winterage in the Burren – National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Michael Davoren and John Marrinan (Burren Farmers) at the launch, with Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Minister Josepha Madigan TD On Thursday, 18th July Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht [...]