Forestry
Coillte to 'work through' options to redesign peatland forests
Coillte has said it will engage with stakeholders, including Galway County Council, to “work through” potential options to deliver on...
Forestry
Coillte has said it will engage with stakeholders, including Galway County Council, to “work through” potential options to deliver on...
Environment
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore has called for the remits of Coillte and Bord na Móna to be changed to...
Forestry
Coillte has been refused permission by Galway County Council to fell 343ha of its conifer plantation in Connemara for peatland...
Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is to carry out a sample review of property sales in...
Forestry
Vivienne Jupp has been appointed as the new chair designate of Coillte to succeed the outgoing chair, Bernie Gray. Jupp...
Environment
National Tree Week is currently underway with events across the country raising awareness of the importance of planting more trees....
Forestry
Coillte, Ireland’s semi-state forestry company received permission to afforest just over 61ha in 2023, recent figures have shown. Under Coillte’s...
Forestry
The departmental forestry licensing backlog has caused “major concern” for stock supply for those in the timber business, according to...
Forestry
The minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been asked by a fellow Fianna Fáil TD if he will...
Forestry
The average waiting time for private felling licence decisions in 2022 was more twice the waiting time for Coillte applications....
Forestry
Ireland needs to move away from using carbon-intensive materials and move towards more sustainable materials, such as timber, to address...
Rural Life
Farmers and rural communities around the country are being encouraged to take part in this year’s Green Ribbon walks. The...
Environment
In Co. Letrim, ‘local campaigners’ and ‘climate activists’ allegedly engaged in the pulling up of tree saplings from Coillte peatland....
Rural Life
Funding of €3 million has been announced to develop more than 300 forest parks and upgrade outdoor amenities on Coillte-owned...
Forestry
Irish forestry is in a “state of crisis and the sector is losing confidence,” Senator Victor Boyhan has warned. The...
Agri-Business
The establishment of a second vet school in Ireland and farm partnerships with Coillte will be discussed by TDs and...
Rural Life
Louth County Council has been accused of “not cooperating” in relation to issues which have arisen over commonage land by...
Forestry
Ireland has an opportunity to be at the “cutting edge of the next timber building revolution,” the managing director of...