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No immediate move on forestry setback rules - McConalogue
Declan O’Brien
A review of the setback rules in relation to clear-fell operations is set for stakeholder consultation in the back-end of this year.
14 June 2024 News
Government commitment to private forestry owners questioned
'Definite bias towards international funds to drive afforestation', joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food told.
12 June 2024 Letters
Letter regarding the ash dieback taskforce
Inequity in the ash dieback scheme was considered to be unacceptable - Simon White, chair, Limerick and Tipperary Woodland owners (LTWO).
Letter regarding the ash dieback taskforce
"As a farmer in Sligo, not a forest owner, I watch the hedges daily as all of the ash in them are in an advanced state of decay" - Liam Feeney, Co Sligo.
12 June 2024 Letters
Investment funds help fuel soaring forest demand
Gresham House has confirmed that its Irish Strategic Forestry Fund has purchased close to 13,000ac of mature and semi-mature plantations.
12 June 2024 News
Forestry licences well below targets
Early midterm forestry review needed to address the dismal afforestation returns and disappointing felling licences as presented in dashboard data, writes Donal Magner.
12 June 2024 Forestry
Over 1,700ha of forestry approved for planting
Figures from the Department of Agriculture show that 531ha of forestry has been planted to date this year.
9 June 2024 Forestry
IFA chair calls for ban solar panels on productive land
IFA rural development chair John Curran made the comments at a meeting of the organisation in Co Clare.
5 June 2024 News
Public should decide on farmland use, conference hears
Speaking at a land use conference supported by the Department of Agriculture, ecologist Pádraic Fogarty said others should decide how farmers land is used.
5 June 2024 News
Removing ash dieback plantations costs €5,800/ha
The cost of clearing infected ash plantations this year varied from €2,600/ha to €11,000/ha.
5 June 2024 News
Letter in response to the Department's meeting of the ash dieback taskforce
"Response to press releases from the DAFM over the first meeting of the ash dieback taskforce" - Simon White, chairman, Limerick & Tipperary woodland Owners (LTWO)
5 June 2024 Letters
Tree species should be dictated by quality rather than origin
Ireland’s afforestation programme should emphasise species diversity based on quality, while acknowledging a dearth of native species compared with other European countries, writes Donal Magner.
5 June 2024 Forestry