23 September 2020 The Forestry Bill approved by Cabinet today fails to take account of “social factors”, Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) has said. The environmental body wrote to the Minister for State Pippa Hackett today about the current Bill which is set to go before the Oireachtas by Read more…
February 1st, 2020 Only a small fraction of Sitka spruce plantations in two prominently afforested areas of Co Leitrim are owned by locals, a new analysis has found. The study was carried out researcher Sian Cowman together with Sean McLoughlin and Jim McCaffrey from Save Leitrim, a campaign group Read more…
February 21st, 2019 The Government must follow the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and ensure environmental laws are enforced to save our increasingly fragile eco-system, the coordinator of Ireland’s largest environmental coalition has said. Speaking during the closing session of the National Biodiversity Conference this afternoon, Michael Ewing of the Environmental Read more…
January 29th, 2019 Protesters from across Ireland will converge on Leinster House tomorrow morning to highlight concerns over the impact of the State’s conifer plantation forestry policy on rural Ireland. The Communities Not Conifers rally, organised by Save Leitrim, is set to see several busloads of protesters travel to the Read more…
March 21st, 2018 Today marks International Day of Forests to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. While we are supposed to use this day to celebrate the benefits that forests and trees can bring, it is difficult not to look to the negative, in Read more…
