The blaze broke out on Tara Hill in Gorey at around 3.45pm, with seven units from Wexford and Wicklow Fire Services battling the blaze overnight along with gardaí, local farmers and Coillte officials in a bid bring it under control.

Forestry agency Coillte has urged people not to light fires or barbeques in high-risk areas.

Fire crews from Bray and Greystones responded to a large fire in Djouce Woodlands.

On September 26th 2022, the appeals board gave the go-ahead for the 21 turbine wind farm on a 1,434 hectare site mainly owned by Coillte to the east of the 10-time All Ireland winner’s native Ballyhale in south east Kilkenny

The proposal for seven turbines measuring 583 feet met significant local opposition and was first refused by Carlow County Council and then by An Bord Pleanála on appeal.

Environmentalists, farmers, and opposition politicians were among the hundreds outside Leinster House this afternoon, protesting at a controversial deal made by Coillte

It comes after the Government itted it missed its social housing targets last year by almost a third

A deal between Irish forestry business Coillte and British investment firm Gresham House has been labelled "scandalous" and a "land grab" by critics

Opposition TDs have called on the Government to stop a "scandalous" deal between Coillte and a British investment fund

The landowner is now facing a hefty clean-up bill of an estimated €7000

A man has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering a 72-year-old grandmother whose body was found in a burning car

A Status Orange Forest Fire warning is in place as temperatures soar up to 30 degrees across the country