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Coillte win RDS Forestry Award Pictured above are Gerard Murphy, Managing Director of Coillte, with local Coillte management team of Izabela Witkowska, Colm Lyons and Kieran Quirke

Coillte’s Curragh Chase forest park successful at RDS forestry awards

Coillte’s Curragh Chase forest park was voted the winner of the National RDS forestry awards under the Multipurpose Forestry category. The Multipurpose Forestry category is...
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Coillte to begin works on €8 million re-development plan for Avondale Forest Park in...

Coillte, in partnership with Fáilte Ireland, will commence works to re-develop Avondale Forest Park into a state-of-the-art visitor destination later this year. In total €8...

Minister Hackett announces launch of new public portal for Forestry Licencing

The Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, has today announced the launch of a new public...
Pictured at the Launch of the 32rd RDS/Forest Service Irish Forestry Awards on the farm of Gerard Deegan (winner of the Teagasc Farm Forestry category 2018): Michael Carey, RDS Agriculture and Climate Change Committee; Olive Leavy, Westmeath Forest Owner Group; Rory Greene, DAFM; Gerard Deegan, Forest owner; Liam Kelly, Teagasc; Bernard Kiernan, MidWestern Forestry and Professor Gerry Boyle, Teagasc

2019/20 RDS Forest and Woodland Awards launched

2019/20 Irish Forestry Awards closing date approaching Three prize categories cover all forestry purposes Awards part of RDS Spring Awards – celebration of...
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Doyle welcomes Budget 2018 allocation for Forestry, Horticulture, Organics and Greyhound Sectors

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Andrew Doyle T.D., has today welcomed the allocation in Budget 2018. Expenditure...

Ash Breeding for Tolerance to Dieback Disease in Ireland

European common ash (Fraxinus excelsior; Irish: Fuinseóg) is one of the most important native broadleaf tree species of our hedgerows and traditional woodlands. The...

Broadcaster Helen Carroll to chair deliberative dialogue on forestry

Senator Pippa Hackett, Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has announced that broadcaster...
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Coillte Statement ~ Responsible use of our forests during Covid-19

The Taoiseach has announced 2 changes to the restrictions put in place to protect us all from the spread of COVID-19 that will come into effect...
Aerial view of Sempione park in Milan, Italy.

There are many factors to consider when planting trees to combat climate change

It is estimated that more than 5,000 billion trees existed on Earth up to two centuries ago. Over the past 200 years alone, some...

Minster Hackett Announces Payment of €29.5 million to forest owners

The Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for forestry, Senator Pippa Hackett has announced the commencement of the 2021...

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