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Press Release: Irish Wildlife Trust finds that no permits for controlled burning were issued in the North, East or South of Ireland in 2020, and only two in the West - Irish Wildlife Trust


The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has received information from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage from Freedom of Information that throughout 2020 only two permits were issued by the National Parks and Wildlife Service for so-called ‘prescribed’ or ‘controlled’ burning in Ireland.




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