Forestry
A new forestry research project, AshforFuture, aimed at preserving and reviving ash trees in Ireland, was officially launched by Minister...
Environment
The ESB and Coillte have secured financial backing for a wind farm project in Co. Cork, which represents an overall investment of €64m.
Agri-Business
Coillte, Ireland’s largest forestry and land solutions company, has announced a 64% increase in profits for 2015 on the year previous to €47.6m.
Investment in forestry over the next five years will have a big impact on the environment, according to Dermot Ryan.
Collate has announced that InfraVia Capital Partners (InfraVia), a French investment fund, has agreed to purchase its portfolio of telecommunications assets
Coillte has announced their annual results from 2014. They have generated an operating profit of €60.5m which is an increase of 46% on 2013.
Some 685ha of raised bogs on 17 Coillte owned sites across seven counties are to be restored as part of a major nature conservation project which was launched by Minister of State Tom Hayes recently.
Most forest owners know that a forest must be replanted after the final timber crop has been harvested however, Teagasc says that the re-establishment of a forest is very different to afforestation.
Coillte, Irelands’ leading natural resources company, today held a Biomass Information and Demonstration day at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Letterkenny.
Chairperson designate of Collite John Maloney set out his plans for Coillte at a meeting today with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture.
Teagasc, in conjunction with Coillte and the Forest Service, DAFM, is organising two important demonstrations on windblow clearance and forest restoration.
ESB Networks currently imports more than 15,000 timber poles a year due to insufficient supply from Coillte as a result of dwindling supplies of Douglas Fir and Larch.
Rural Life
A Guinness world record was set at the All-Ireland Hedgecutting Championships in Kilkenny at the weekend.
“It’s not as easy as it sounds,” said Mary Ann Nolan, one of the organisers of the The Annual Hedgecutting Championships.
Minister of State today opened a Conference on Ash and Hurling in Croke Park, organised by Teagasc and the Guild of Irish Ash Hurley Makers and the GAA.
Minister of State Tom Hayes TD, presented the Third Level Student Wood Awards for 2013 yesterday evening at a ceremony in the National Botanic Gardens.
