The wall has suffered widespread decline in Ireland. The habitat for the wall in Ireland is unimproved dry calcareous grassland, coastal dunes, machair, vegetated sea-cliffs, limestone pavement and cutover bog. The current status and future propects for these habitats are considered poor or bad.

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It is endangered in Ireland, critically endangered in Northern Ireland.

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