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Forestry
Storms flatten over 26,000ha of trees
Donal Magner
The detailed mapping assessment was carried out using imagery acquired from the Sentinel and SkySat satellite constellations.
22 April 2025 Forestry
Total of 26,000ha of forestry damaged by storms, satellite images confirm
The minister urged forestry owners with impacted sites not to rush any forest management decisions.
9 April 2025 News
EU contractors arrive to salvage Irish timber
Harvesting machinery from Britain, Austria and Estonia is already in the process of being cleared to begin salvage work in Ireland.
Coillte fencing
The dealer received a welcome update this week from Galway sheep farmer Aidan Mullins who had fencing works completed on a boundary damaged by Coillte managed forestry.
9 April 2025 News
Investigation under way following wildfire at Wild Nephin National Park
The wildfire, which occurred on Friday 4 April, completely destroyed the Claggan Boardwalk - a separate fire is ongoing at the forest at Letterkeen.
7 April 2025 News
Department issues orange high-risk fire warning
The warning applies to all areas where hazardous fuels such as dead grasses, heather and gorse exist and remains in place until at least Monday 7 April.
4 April 2025 Schemes
Coillte and IFI publish agreement on nature restoration and climate action
The agreement will work to deliver conservation projects aimed at protecting, enhancing and restoring important ecosystems across Coillte’s forestry estate and Ireland’s inland waterways.
3 April 2025 Forestry
Outside help needed to remove timber
Overseas contractors will be required to harvest windblown timber, while EU aid is needed for private forest owners – mainly farmers – whose forests are decimated.
2 April 2025 Forestry
Galway farmer unable to graze his sheep due to forest storm damage
Fallen trees on Coillte lands has damaged the adjoining boundary and fencing on Aidan Mullins' lands and left him without grazing for ewes and newborn lambs.
28 March 2025 News
Senator Noonan claims Coillte not committed to nature restoration
Senator Malcolm Noonan raised his concerns around the abolition of the biodiversity division of Coillte in the Seanad on Thursday.
27 March 2025 News
Farmer fears over rewetting to the fore in Athlone
Over 250 farmers attended an IFA meeting about peat soils on Thursday last.
13 March 2025 Climate and environment
Éowyn ravages €800,000 plantation
Paddy McGowan's forestry plantation was worth around €800,000 before storm Éowyn struck; its current value is pure guesswork or conjecture. Declan O’Brien reports.
5 March 2025 News