Forestry planting
Declan O'Brien on 18 Aug 2021
Timber prices reach record levels
High grade logs are making double their 2017 price levels as sawmills battle to secure raw material.
Caoimhe Harney on 18 Aug 2021
AXA to plant 600,000 trees in €6m carbon offsetting plan
The company plans to offset their carbon impact by providing funding for the planting of trees and for solar based projects.
Noel Bardon on 22 May 2021
Forestry licences up 11% on 2020 levels
Minister for Agriculture McConalogue has delivered an update on the progress of forestry licensing applications in response to written questions submitted to him.
Kieran Mailey on 17 Mar 2021
Time running out for woodland grant
Planting work should be completed before submitting the 2020 BPS claim
Letters to the Editor on 24 Feb 2021
Letter: Irish forestry policy
"Forestry policy in a state of chaos" – Diarmuid Cohalan, Lissarda, Co Cork.
Donal Magner on 03 Feb 2021
Committee hears 4,436 forestry licences awaiting processing
Coillte has secured 85% of its 2021 harvesting programme but licences issued for private felling and afforestation have been criticised.
Kieran Mailey on 03 Feb 2021
Strong interest in woodland grant scheme
Initial reports indicate there is strong interest in farmers joining the small woodland grant scheme in NI
Niall Hurson on 21 Jan 2021
EU approves extension of state aid for National Forestry Programme
The volume of timber licensed for felling in 2020 was just over 5 million cubic metres, down from 6.5 million cubic metres licensed in 2019.
Niall Hurson on 26 Nov 2020
Covering up scale of licenses backlog is a scandal - IFA
The Department has since confirmed that there are over 4,500 licences caught up in the system, some for over two years.
Donal Magner on 25 Nov 2020
Licence 'crisis' addressed by Oireachtas joint committee
Heavy criticism has been meted out to Department of Agriculture officials by committee members.
Amy Forde on 20 Nov 2020
Backlog of forestry licences won’t be cleared for two years - IFA
IFA president Tim Cullinan called on Minister McConalogue and Minister of State Hackett to seek an emergency provision to allow forestry licences to be granted.
Donal Magner on 14 Oct 2020
Forestry changes will see €200 charge for appeals
The Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act aligns forestry licensing with other planning processes, writes forestry editor Donal Magner.
Marcella Connolly on 14 Feb 2020
Farmers are moving away from forestry
Permanent land-use change may be to blame for the decline in the uptake of forestry planting.
Barry Cassidy on 10 Sep 2019
Climate change and farmers supply chain position set for CAP’s centre stage
The Department is seeking feedback on a draft strength weakness opportunity threat (SWOT) analysis, the first in a number of steps to a new CAP.
Odile Evans on 10 Jul 2019
Permanent forestry rules off-putting for farmers
Forest Industries Ireland hosted a conference in the Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin on Monday looking at Irish forestry’s role in the climate emergency.
Donal Magner on 03 Jul 2019
How Scotland has achieved 11,200ha planting programme
Lessons for Ireland in Scotland's "national endeavour" to increase afforestation following the groundbreaking Mackinnon report.
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on 29 May 2019
Forestry planting hits historic low
The number of farmers planting forestry has dropped by over 40%.
Donal Magner on 23 May 2018
Achieving optimum stocking on planting sites
Establishing viable tree crops challenging especially on reforestation sites where vegetation and pine weevil control is proving difficult even when crops intensely managed during establishment phase.
Donal Magner on 14 Mar 2018
Forest cover at highest level in over 350 years
Forest statistics provide a snapshot of the Irish forestry and forest products sector but data for 2017 not produced although available.
Thomas Hubert on 14 Feb 2018
Increased forestry payments revealed
Grants and premiums are to go up in an effort to counter the slowdown in afforestation.