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‘Butt rot’ stumps Merlin Woods chop
A forester employed to clearfell Merlin Park Woods has discovered fungal rot in standing evergreens, potentially slashing its commercial timber value.
City Hall to blow €60k on nuts
The Galway City Council’s biodiversity team is installing one hopper of nuts per hectare of forest its contractors began clear-felling this week, as part of a controversial plan to rejuvenate the city’s largest urban woodlands after sections were devastated by Storm Éowyn last winter.
Galway farms and businesses searched in international horse trafficking probe
An Garda Síochána, supported by Europol, has carried out a number of searches in County Galway as part of an international investigation into illegal horse trafficking.
Council goes nuts - officials commit to decade of sustenance for squirrels as damage forces closure of Merlin Woods
The Galway City Council is committing to feed a population of squirrels in Merlin Woods for 10 years.
Council goes nuts
The Galway City Council is committing to feed a population of squirrels in Merlin Woods for 10 years.
Female entrepreneurs from Galway urged to apply for business development programme
ACORNS is inviting female entrepreneurs from Galway to submit their applications for the 12th cycle of the highly successful business development programme.
Peer learning programme supports rural female entrepreneurs
Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, has opened the call for applications for ACORNS 12 today and set the deadline for applications to be midnight on Friday, September 18.
Canney welcomes safety funding for Mountbellew Agricultural College
Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed funding of more than €28,000 for farm safety and wellbeing initiatives at Mountbellew Agricultural College under a new €1.18 million national funding package.
Gardeners warned not to import plants from outside EU
The #Plant Health4Life campaign, led by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Commission (EC), and supported in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine, has launched, warning the public that everyday actions — from bringing plants home from holidays to buying online — could put plant health, food supply and biodiversity at risk.
Morley wrings more from ‘rag-tag’ politicians
Local media in a city the size of Galway are usually vicious gossips, notorious for undermining each other, despite secretly yearning to mate, but to be fair to Galway Bay FM, it did Galway West some service this week, when its radio staffers staged by far the best set piece of the by-election.
