DAFM to contact farmers after mountain fires in Carlow [Video]

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said it will be in contact with farmers whose land has been burned following fires in Co. Carlow.

Members of Carlow County Fire and Rescue Service have been tackling blazes in the Blackstairs Mountains since Sunday evening (April 21).

Fire fighters were called to three separate fires which were started at Seskinnamadra, Rathgeran and Nine Stones yesterday.

In a post on social media, Carlow County Fire and Rescue Service said that it had received multiple 999 calls in relation to the fires.

Bagenalstown Fire Brigade attended three series of fires on Mount Leinster in a 24-hour period alone.

The fires resulted in large volumes of smoke across the Rathanna and Ballymurphy areas.

Last night, Carlow County Fire and Rescue Service said that the road between Carroll’s Cross/Corrabut Gap and the Nine Stones had to be closed.

It said that the …