Legal Ex-FG TD convicted and fined for offences against Wildlife ActAnthony Lawlor, a former TD for Kildare North and senator, had cleared out two and a half acres of gorse bushes, including a ‘top-class habitat for nesting birds’, at his farm in 2020
Politics State accused of double standards as alleged OPW offence is droppedHousing Department censured over failing to prosecute OPW over disturbance to protected bat species at Emo Court House in Co Laois
Planning Trucking firm executive fined over damage to local wildlifeChief operating officer of the Harris Group destroyed a hedgehog’s nest while clearing land for his employer’s Newbridge mansion
Nature ‘Threat to public health and safety’: O’Brien green-lights cull of seagulls in his constituencyThe move in Balbriggan, north Co Dublin, will involve breaking up the birds’ nests and removing eggs from March of next year
