Forestry
Tree planting down 75% as new forestry programme awaited
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Forestry Committee, Jason Fleming said that tree planting is down by 75%...
Forestry
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Forestry Committee, Jason Fleming said that tree planting is down by 75%...
Forestry
89ha of forestry were planted in the first two months of 2023, according to the latest data from the Department...
Forestry
Coillte has said that it is engaging with the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to support farmers with afforestation. Representatives from...
Forestry
The newly established Save Our Forests Alliance, which is comprised of a number of rural and farming organisations, staged a...
Forestry
Despite the planting season reaching its “peak time” now, frustration rises over ongoing forestry licensing issues as no afforestation licences...
Forestry
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will discuss Ireland’s forestry policy and strategy with the Irish Timber...
Forestry
A protest is planned outside Coillte headquarters in Co. Wicklow later this week, over plans by the company for a...
Forestry
Private forest owners, mainly farmers, now own over half of Ireland’s forests with the remainder in public ownership by mainly...
Agri-Business
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) will hold a forestry rally in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim this evening (Friday, February...
Environment
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) has claimed that a government-funded climate report may cause reputational damage to...
Beef News
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has said that the “constant trolling of livestock farmers by a small...
Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) issued afforestation licences for just 47ha in January. According to the...
Forestry
A proposal to establish a new forestry fund that citizens could invest in, which was brought to the Seanad this...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has said that he has confidence in the board of...
Forestry
A TD has called on the government to consider removing the state-appointed directors of Coillte. Speaking this morning (Monday, January...
Agri-Business
Protesters have demanded the end of Coillte’s forestry deal with a UK private investment fund and a radical reform of...
Forestry
The Irish Natural and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) has published its own forestry policy today (January 26), which it stated...
Forestry
Ireland has not yet submitted its completed application for state aid approval on its national forestry programme to the EU...