Environment
A forest the size of Sligo and Leitrim is needed to tackle Ireland’s global warming targets
Growing a forest the size of the entire of Sligo and Leitrim would allow Ireland meet its 2030 global warming targets,...
Environment
Growing a forest the size of the entire of Sligo and Leitrim would allow Ireland meet its 2030 global warming targets,...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney attended a meeting of the EU Council of Agriculture and...
Environment
The forestry income of active foresters and farmers has been removed from the High Earners Restriction tax in Budget 2016...
Agri-Business
Forestry owners whose forestry was affected by the winter storms of 2013/2014 could be in line for compensation. The Minister...
Environment
Farmers with forestry can now apply for grants of up to €5,000/ha for restoration work on forestry under a new Native...
Agri-Business
Farmers and landowners can now apply for financial assistance under the forestry planting programme. Launching the programme, Minister Tom Hayes...
Environment
If you’ve ever wanted to buy a Christmas tree farm well now is your chance. A 100ha farm of predominantly Nordmann...
Environment
The number of ash dieback cases in Ireland continues to decrease year-on-year and there has been 26 new findings so...
Agri-Business
Coillte has announced its annual results for 2014, with an operating profit of €60.5m, which is an increase of 46%...
Environment
Forestry could be five times more profitable than upland sheep farming, Confer, the Scottish organisation promoting forestry and wood, says....
Environment
The timing of thinning forestry for the first time depends on a number of factors, according to Padraig Egan, General Manager...
Environment
An expected 2,000 new groves of native trees are to be established under the new Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS), according...
Environment
Google may know pretty much everything, but it’s knowledge of field boundaries, hedgerows and forests isn’t good enough for the...
Environment
Anyone thinking of planting more than 5ha of forestry must leave at least 60m of setback from dwellings and buildings,...
Environment
More loss-making drystock enterprises should be switching to forestry, according to Professor Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at...
Environment
The ICSA has called for a standalone scheme to provide proper compensation for farmers with hen harrier designation. ICSA Rural Development...
Environment
The new Forestry Programme will involve a commitment of €482 million to the forestry sector. Under the programme the Afforestation...
Environment
Some 870 farmers are still awaiting AEOS payments from 2014, as An Garda Siochana is investigating irregularities around the non...