Forestry
Over 1,000 felling applications for private forestry have been made to the Department of Agriculture (DAFM) so far this year.
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The absence of Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae and Minister Heydon from a forestry meeting in Leitrim has been slammed
N.Ireland
Large tonnages of windblown timber will be available for sale in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn.
The average length of time for private felling licence decisions was more twice the waiting time for Coillte applications.
89ha of forestry was planted in the first two months of 2023, according to the latest data from the department of agriculture (DAFM).
Many thousands of older trees are predicted to fall over the coming winter months, a direct consequence of Ash Dieback.
The need to display the name of a licencee on a forestry site notice will be removed, after the data commission upheld a complaint.
A panel of forestry experts will speak at a webinar on the barriers to tree felling licences run by UCD forestry students next week
A Senator has called for road surveys to be included in tree felling licences to help cover local authority costs when routes are damaged.
Agri-Business
In an interview with AgriLand, managing director of GP Wood in Cork Niall Grainger has said that he is now importing timber from abroad.
Forest Industries Ireland (FII), today welcomed the official appointment of Minister Charlie McConalogue as Minister for Agriculture
There is "no sign of the chaos within the forestry felling and licencing system being effectively addressed", according to Carol Nolan.
Danny Healy-Rae has said that the government "should get a handle on serial objectors that cause the backlog" in the approval of forestry felling licences.
The government has been urged to "immediately address the crisis evolving within forestry as a result of serial objection to licences".
The backlog in the approval of forestry felling licences was raised as a key concern by Labour Party TD Seán Sherlock.
Minister Creed has been called on to step in and resolve the current crisis with forestry licences "before the sector collapses".
Licences for tree felling and forest roads issued in the month of March continue to show an improved rate on the previous months.
The Irish forest sector is facing a deepening crisis with 1,000 jobs immediately at risk in the forest contracting sector, according to FII.
A farmer died in a farm accident in Co. Down yesterday and another man was killed while tree felling in Co. Donegal.
