Fears of further wildfires ahead of ‘staycation summer’

Firefighters and conservationists are concerned that a summer of “staycations” and increased outdoor activity could lead to more wildfires, particularly in the event of fine weather conditions.

Recruitment of an extra 50 conservation rangers was announced on Monday in response to the latest fires in Cos Kerry and“We’re doubling our intake of NPWS conservation rangers and accelerating the recruitment process,” Minister of State for Heritage Malcolm Noonan said. A spokesman for the NPWS said: “With the Covid19 pandemic we have seen unprecedented numbers of people using the outdoors for physical and mental health and wellbeing.

“We have seen it over the years where we have had extended periods of dry weather, we have been extremely busy,” he said, noting that this year is likely to see an increase in outdoor pursuits.

Has the Irish media not woken up to the fact that nobody can afford to “staycation” in this shithole, therefore everybody will be gone from this place

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