The Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association have questioned proposals detailed in the EU Nature Restoration Law on the rewetting of farmed peatlands and the possible rewilding of our hills.

The Association maintains that the proposals as currently outlined are legally unsound and will create a legal double-bind for farmers.

Following on from their address to the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee, INHFA President Vincent Roddy detailed how the association have major concerns on proposals to rewet over 300,000ha of drained peatlands and other proposals in the Nature Restoration Law that could he stated “undermine farming activity across our hills and leave them ineligible for CAP payments.”

Mr. Roddy has been giving more details to Midwest Radio’s Michael D. McAndrew ...