Illegal burning 'must stop' as wildfires scorch Wicklow 10 March 2021 Free
SHARING OPTIONS: The blaze was close to a Coillte forest, as well as a number of private dwellings. \ Ellen Devitt Durkin Farmers have been called on to cease setting illegal fires as the open period for burning gorse has now ended. Approximately 50ha of uplands were destroyed in a blaze that spread rapidly across Scarr Mountain in Co Wicklow, overlooking Lough Dan on Sunday, 7 March. Areas of the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Co Laois were also damaged on th...
Wesley Atkinson Ellen Devitt Durkin Malcolm Noonan Co Wicklow Scarr Mountain In Co Wicklow Wildlife Service
Source: farmersjournal.ie