Off-Roading and the law

urtooky

Heard the start of a piece earlier on the Last Word about 4x4's, quads, and enduro being banned from alot of our forests.

Anyone hear it all and can bring us up to speed?

101sean

Off road activity has been banned at a number of sensitive locations.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gormley-bans-offroad-bikes-to-protect-land-2282779.html

The 13 sites choosen are designated “Natura 2000” sites by the EU and require a high level of environmental protection. The 13 are:

- The Raven SAC, Wexford;
- Blackstairs Mountains SAC, Wexford/Carlow;
- Wicklow Mountains SAC,Wicklow/Dublin;
- Kilpatrick Sandhills SAC, Wexford;
- Cahore Dunes Polder SAC Cahore Marshes SPA, Wexford;
- Slieve Blooms SAC, SPA, Laois/Offaly;
- Carlingford Mountain Louth;
- Ballyness Bay SAC, Donegal;
- Gweedore Bay Islands SAC Donegal;
- Castlemaine Harbour SAC, SPA (including Inch Strand) Kerry;
- Galtee Mountains SAC Limerick/Tipperary;
- Slieve Bearnagh SAC Clare;
- Slieve Aughty SPA Galway/Clare.

The regulations are not aimed at agricultural or other working use of quad bikes and other similar off-road vehicles or their use by the security and emergency services

Rovi

Here's some bedtime reading on the subject:
S.I. No. 293/2010 — European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Control of Recreational Activities) Regulations 2010.

Sleep well

urtooky

thanks, looks like I will be late to bed tonight.