Forestry
DAFM appoints Vivienne Jupp as new Coillte chair
Vivienne Jupp has been appointed as the new chair designate of Coillte to succeed the outgoing chair, Bernie Gray. Jupp...
Forestry
Vivienne Jupp has been appointed as the new chair designate of Coillte to succeed the outgoing chair, Bernie Gray. Jupp...
N.Ireland
A total of 163 forestry development licences have been issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)...
Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) issued 81 afforestation licences so far this year, according to the latest...
Forestry
The Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture, Claire Kerrane has claimed that government inaction on low afforestation rates “risks sleepwalking the...
Agri-Business
The number of people employed in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector increased by around 9% in the fourth quarter...
Forestry
An area of 94ha has been approved for forestry by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) under...
Rural Life
The High Court has ruled that two men who were involved in a fraudulent forestry business are personally liable for...
Environment
The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has published a guide to Specified Biomass Harvesting (SBH) as part of sustainable forest management....
Forestry
A county councillor has called on the government to set up a taskforce to carry out work to remove ash...
Forestry
Forest Industries Ireland (FFI), the national trade association within Ibec, has voiced concerns about the government’s draft Hen Harrier Threat...
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
Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Pippa Hackett, has launched the new Native Woodland Conservation (NWC) Scheme aimed...
Forestry
Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture, Claire Kerrane has called on Minister of State Pippa Hackett to publish the government’s ash...
Forestry
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that his department is ready to issue sufficient...
Forestry
A TD has claimed that an electricity power line maintenance team “got lost” while looking for a line fault in...
Rural Life
With less than a month to go, Coillte is gearing up for National Tree Week, as it today (Monday, February...
Forestry
Afforestation programme payments amounted to €61.4 million in 2022, a decrease of 1.4% when compared to 2021 according to the...
Forestry
A total of 38 afforestation licences were issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) in the first...