December 14th, 2017 It was announced earlier this month that the Wild Nephin wilderness area in Co Mayo is set to be incorporated into Ballycroy National Park. The swallowing up of 4,600 hectares of Coillte-owned land currently included in the Wild Nephin will expand the National Parks and Wildlife Service-owned Read more…
December 14th, 2017 Coillte has planted over 260,000 non-native conifer trees in Ireland’s first official wilderness zone over the past four years despite agreeing to phase out commercial forestry in the area in 2013. A plan to phase out planting was agreed in a 2013 Memorandum of Understanding to establish Read more…
May 10th, 2017 Almost half of all gorse fires since the start of the prohibited period on 1 March 2017 were deliberately started, the Minister of Agriculture announced yesterday evening. Minister Creed’s comments come after a series of large fires raged over the last week. Various fire brigades, together with Read more…
May 8th, 2017 A number of the fires which raged across the country over the weekend were started deliberately, Coillte confirmed this afternoon. The forestry company said that while the risk of gorse and forest fires increased with the recent dry weather, many fires on Coillte property over the past week were Read more…
March 1st 2017 State-owned forestry company Coillte has postponed the felling of trees in Dublin’s Ticknock forest as calls for its preservation for recreational use arise. Ticknock forest was originally planted to be harvested, but since its planting 40 years ago it has become a popular spot for families, walkers, Read more…
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-right”]22nd February 2017 [/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]Last week, it was announced Finnish investment fund, Dasos Capital, plans to develop a forestry portfolio in Ireland to the tune of €112 million. The plans are being Read more…
