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How to maximise windblown timber revenue
Donal Magner
Over 150 forest owners with storm damage attended the recent windblow field day in Pyers O'Conor Nash's forest outside Castlerea, Donal Magner reports.
How to maximise windblown timber revenue
European firm aims to export Irish timber
16 April 2025 News
European firm aims to export Irish timber
LJR Forestry currently have two harvesters and forwarders working in plantations in the northeast.
Healy-Rae commits to a forest windblown reconstitution scheme
16 April 2025 Forestry
Healy-Rae commits to a forest windblown reconstitution scheme
Minister Healy-Rae has said he wants to "put the stride back into forestry”. Donal Magner reports.
How Germany coped with windblow
Forestry consultant Dr Cormac O'Carroll outlines how Ireland could learn from Germany in managing windblow after storm Éowyn.
16 April 2025 Forestry
130% rise in new forestry planting since 2024
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Michael Healy-Rae welcomed the news and said that there are more than 6,000ha licensed and available to plant.
11 April 2025 Forestry
Fitzmaurice calls for legislation targeting road and power cable tree risks
Environmental commentator Sadhbh O’Neill disputed the TD's proposals for the removal of trees within 30m of roads or power lines.
10 April 2025 Forestry
EU contractors arrive to salvage Irish timber
Harvesting machinery from Britain, Austria and Estonia is already in the process of being cleared to begin salvage work in Ireland.
9 April 2025 News
Major fall in felling licences in first quarter
There are precedents in other countries that a relaxation of rules are allowed following large storm events, Joe Codd of the Society of Irish Foresters said.
9 April 2025 Forestry
Forestry contractors seek forest machine import ban
The FCI is urging the minister to deal with the post-storm Éowyn windblow with similar machines in the ownership of Irish forestry contractors that are currently idle.
9 April 2025 Forestry
Strict import controls needed for used forestry machinery – IFA
The association hopes that these controls will ensure all imported used forestry machinery goes through strict biosecurity measures to stop the spread of harmful diseases.
4 April 2025 Forestry
Coillte and IFI publish agreement on nature restoration and climate action
The agreement will work to deliver conservation projects aimed at protecting, enhancing and restoring important ecosystems across Coillte’s forestry estate and Ireland’s inland waterways.
3 April 2025 Forestry
No EU requirement for forestry replanting
The present requirement to replant after clear felling is a major obstacle to afforestation in Ireland, claimed consultants.
2 April 2025 News