Machinery
New 2021 range of Komatsu forest forwarders hit Ireland
The new, smaller-size 2021 range of Komatsu Forest forwarders – designed primarily for forest thinning applications – have reached Irish...
Machinery
The new, smaller-size 2021 range of Komatsu Forest forwarders – designed primarily for forest thinning applications – have reached Irish...
Forestry
Five shiploads of timber from Scotland will come into a port in Co. Cork in the next three months to...
Forestry
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is urging the Department of Agriculture to ensure that the forestry appeals system is fit...
Forestry
If the situation surrounding the ongoing forestry licence logjam doesn’t get fixed very quickly, there’s going to be “a lot...
Forestry
The Forestry Appeals Committee (FAC) made no decision on a forestry licence appeal between the week ending Friday, July 31,...
Forestry
Calls are being made for a “qualified independent chairperson” to be appointed to deal with the problems in the forestry...
Forestry
The Dáil Business Committee has approved the fast tracking of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2020 to deal with the...
Agri Politics
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has been called on by Labour TD Seán Sherlock to “fast-track...
Forestry
The Irish timber industry is currently sourcing trees from Russia as one-third of Irish saw mills’ consumption is tied up...
Forestry
The health of the national forest estate is under threat due to timber shortages as a result of the forest...
Environment
The people of Co. Roscommon are being urged to “plant a tree and go pesticide free”. Under an environmental initiative,...
Forestry
Farmers have “disengaged from forestry as a viable land use option due to the excessive bureaucracy” according to the Irish Farmers’...
Forestry
Public consultation on stepping up EU action against deforestation and forest degradation has opened this week. According to the European...
Forestry
The winner of the 2020 RDS Teagasc Farm Forestry Award has been revealed as Donegal farmer Ross Buchanan. Usually presented...
Forestry
There is “no sign of the chaos and dysfunction within the forestry felling and licencing system being effectively addressed”, according...
Forestry
An environmental lobby group has argued that the proposed amendment to the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 to align forestry licencing...
Forestry
Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has said that the government “should get a handle on serial objectors that cause the backlog”...
Forestry
The Minister for State with responsibility for forestry, Pippa Hackett, has been called on to put forward her proposals for...