Forestry backlog continues as licences overturned due to biodiversity concerns
Noteworthy analysis reveals serious concerns remain over environmental assessments undertaken by the State prior to granting plantation forestry licences.
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Noteworthy analysis reveals serious concerns remain over environmental assessments undertaken by the State prior to granting plantation forestry licences.
Sweetman is challenging a decision made to issue Coillte a ‘felling licence’ in respect of coniferous Sitka Spruce trees on 2.7 hectares of land.
The forests have been managed by Coillte primarily for commercial purposes to date
It’s the second year drones will be used to monitor designated ‘hot spots’ across regions of Dublin, Wicklow and the Midlands.
Amenities could be closed to locals if guidelines breached.
Last week, Sioned Jones was found not guilty of criminal damage of a Coillte Forest but guilty of a second charge of stealing firewood.
The jury found the 61-year-old guilty of a second charge of dishonestly appropriating felled spruce wood.
The trees will be planted on Bord na Móna land.
Yesterday marked the sixth consecutive day that the Defence Forces deployed the Air Corps to assist firefighting operations.
The semi-state previously announced plans to boost its renewable energy projects.
Some farmers told RTÉ that they had been left without payments from the farm-forest partnership scheme
From green fingers to the Lazy Day Rule.
Dublin Fire Brigade received over 20 calls reporting the incident.
There have been more than 100 serious gorse and forest fires in recent weeks.
Gardaí have asked people to avoid the Cloosh Valley area.
Coillte said the development will bring the Dublin mountains to life for many of the city’s residents
Under the investment, more than 35,000 hectares will be replanted.
Sinn Féin said it wasn’t a member of the party who dumped the rubbish.
The proposed cull has now been deferred as Coillte work with locals to resolve their dispute
An Bord Pleanála said it wasn’t satisfied that the area was suitable for the development.
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A UK resort operator is reportedly planning a major development near Ballymahon.
The architect laid out a plan whereby the whole community could play a part in rescuing the building and making it into a major tourist attraction.
The Department of Public Expenditure denied there was a loophole in the new guidelines.
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David Gunning received a total package of €195,000 for 2013 when all payments are taken into account.
They will develop tourist trails, build wind farms and explore using green energy to power electricity stations.
The agency is set to merge with Bord na Mona instead of its harvesting rights being sold off.
The Leaf project has been working for the last three years to get communities in the county working together on all aspects of sustainable development.
It’s expected around a billion euro will be raised by the sale, with around half of the funds raised going to pay down bailout debt.
The planned sale of Coillte harvesting rights has been called off, with the agency now set to merge with Bord na Mona.
A Sinn Féin motion debated tonight will call for the ‘re-energisation’ of the Northern Ireland peace process.
The energy arm of Bord Gáis Éireann is one of a number of State-run companies the government intends to sell-off in the coming year.
Laws to merge and rationalise Ireland’s VEC sector will be among those polished off in Leinster House today.
The chopping, fudging and importing of illegally harvested timber is likely to continue; and a holistic solution to sustainable forestry management is still a long way off, writes Dermot McNally.
The Irish Timber Council, representing the country’s sawmills, says that the entire industry is at risk from the proposed sell-off of harvesting rights on Coillte forests.