Storm Éowyn’s €500m toll on Irish forestry revealed by satellite imagery
Licensed owners urged to quickly clear felled trees as equivalent of almost 2.5 times annual timber harvest brought down
Coillte
Storm Éowyn causes €500m damage to forests
Government taskforce tackling aftermath of devastating weather system
Irish deer populations have become rampant, and the trees are paying a price
Ella McSweeney: We will not reach our nature restoration goals without urgent action
Coillte seeking tourism operator to run Lough Key activity park
Plans for popular Roscommon park include upgrade of adventure, leisure and recreational amenities at the site
Glen o’ the Downs land at centre of campaign was previously sold by Coillte
NGOs and locals want Government to buy back land that State forestry company sold
Two of State’s largest landowners sign co-operation deal on restoring nature
Coillte and National Parks and Wildlife Service agree framework to co-operate on conservation
Lough Carra: Multi-million euro project aims to improve lake’s water quality and raise conservation status
A €5m project would improve the conservation status of the orchid-rich grasslands, limestone pavements and cladium fens
‘Our purpose is to manage the State’s forests on behalf of the people of Ireland’
Coillte chief executive Imelda Hurley juggles climate goals, planting material for sustainable homes and developing a green rural economy
Restoring bogs is more complex than just removing trees
State-owned forestry body views stalled Connemara project as a pilot site for an ambitious plan to restore 30,000 hectares of bog along the west by 2050
More than 100 ESB staff received €200,000 severance deal each
Trade unions negotiated deal in relation to personnel who worked in power plants that were closing or being downsized
Forestry: The strong case for moving away from monoculture
An EPA-commissioned review identified a need for 875,000 more hectares of forest by 2050, or roughly 33,000ha per year. That’s more than double the area existing today
The green energy conundrum: Can developers and communities see eye to eye as Ireland tries to cut carbon?
Community suspicion creates obstacle to wind turbine construction: ‘It is putting profit and market before community and the environment’
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