The Irish Times

Timber use in building can help hit housing and climate goals, forum hears

State urged to target big industry emitters if it wants to meet 2030 climate change targets

Mon Apr 18 2022 - 05:45

The crisis growing in Irish forests

Bottleneck is hitting house building, slowing supply of timber, forcing many to import it

Sat Jan 29 2022 - 06:18

Timber crisis adding ‘€15,000 extra’ to cost of new homes

Warning that the ‘crisis caused by Kildare Street’ may impact on number of houses built this year

Thu Aug 05 2021 - 13:00

Center Parcs wins 2020 Wood Awards Ireland for innovative use of different woods

Awards celebrate timber in design and aim to acknowledge excellence in wood usage and innovation

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 14:46

Forestry group lobbies Government to appoint report author

Forest Industries Ireland urges third-party review to speed up approval of licences

Fri Mar 05 2021 - 05:50

Man (29) stabbed stranger in head, leaving him with significant brain injury

‘He has given our family a life sentence of fear’, says brother of victim

Thu Jan 28 2021 - 19:29

Hundreds of forestry licences issued since laws changed in October

Department of Agriculture has granted 570 new permits , with thousands more in system

Wed Dec 02 2020 - 20:41

Forestry industry in ‘full-scale crisis’, Taoiseach warned

Forestry Industry Ireland tells Micheál Martin 12,000 jobs in rural Ireland under threat

Tue Dec 01 2020 - 01:00

Department refutes charge of forests as net greenhouse gas emitter

Climate activists claim misguided policy ensuring ‘wrong trees in the wrong places’

Sun Nov 01 2020 - 15:44

Cabinet approves reforms to alleviate tree felling licence delays

Coillte warned that the backlog could lead to timber shortages and thousands of job losses

Wed Sept 23 2020 - 05:00

Thousands of jobs at ‘imminent risk’ in forestry sector, Coillte boss warns

Delays in State appeals process has led to substantial timber shortage

Thu Sept 17 2020 - 06:21

Supplies of timber to build new homes in danger of drying up

Industry figures say backlog of forestry licensing and appeals threatening jobs

Wed Jul 01 2020 - 05:50

Darragh Kenny wins Longines Christmas Cracker

Offaly-born Kenny intends on jumping Classic Dream in Olympia Grand Prix

Sat Dec 21 2019 - 11:57

Darragh Kenny finishes second in Super Grand Prix in Prague

He will line-out as a member of the Paris Panthers in Sunday’s GCL Super Cup final

Sun Nov 24 2019 - 12:18

Forestry industry rejects ‘misinformation’ on commercial forests

Managed forests ‘most effective way to help Ireland do its bit for climate change’

Mon Sept 02 2019 - 01:00

New timber frame build holds promise of ‘plyscrapers’ for Dublin

Mass engineered timber already responsible for multi-storey wooden buildings in Europe

Mon Jul 08 2019 - 00:01

Shane Breen wins Bunn Leisure Derby Trial for second year in succession

The best result for Irish riders in Portugal was a sixth-place finish for Denis Lynch

Sat Jun 22 2019 - 15:40

Equestrian: Jordan Coyle records biggest career win in Mexico

‘On a day like this, I don’t think there are many horses in the world as good as him’

Sun Feb 10 2019 - 13:01

Equestrian: Swail and McAuley climb Longines rankings

Equestrian events in Ireland to continue following equine influenza outbreak

Sat Feb 09 2019 - 12:16

Irish forestry to invest €250m in major expansion

Industry to add 6,000 jobs as turnover doubles to €1.6bn

Wed Jan 09 2019 - 15:48

Irish riders make strong start to five-star show in Verona

From a starting line-up of 40, Michael G. Duffy landed Friday’s 1.50m speed class

Sat Oct 27 2018 - 11:02

Shane Breen ‘ecstatic’ after claiming Champions Tour win in Monaco

Tipperary man claims Grand Prix title on Ipswich van de Wolfsakker

Sun Jul 01 2018 - 14:00

Jonty Evans becomes first Irish rider to win the Grantham Cup

Evans partners Cooley Rorkes Drift to victory at Belton Park in Lincolnshire, England

Mon Apr 16 2018 - 09:44

Mark McAuley lands the Longines Grand Prix in Lyon

Gillian Kyle, Gerry McCloskey and Dermot Forde all appointed to International Equestrian Federation

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 11:22

USA fields all-female team to win the Nations’ Cup

Ireland on a score of zero after first round, only to lose out in the second

Fri Aug 11 2017 - 20:43

Ireland drawn second of eight teams for Aga Khan trophy

Brazil-born Rodrigo Pessoa looking forward to his first Aga Khan as Irish team manager

Thu Aug 10 2017 - 21:04

Ireland’s Denis Lynch takes second spot in London

Equestrian round-up: Irish Aga Khan squad for RDS named

Sat Aug 05 2017 - 13:22

Vittoria Panizzon goes clear to maintain lead at Tattersalls

Italian rider leads from Britain’s Piggy French ahead of show jumping phase

Sat Jun 03 2017 - 21:28

Mark McAuley’s good weekend continues in Rome

Defending champion Billy Twomey can’t repeat the feat in the Hamburg Derby

Mon May 29 2017 - 09:35

Italy end 32 years of hurt to take Italian five-star Nations’ Cup

Ireland finish an joint-third alongside Spain in Rome with the Netherlands second

Sat May 27 2017 - 12:54

Denis Lynch secures €60,000 worth of horsepower in Hamburg

Irish show jumper wins Mercedes-Benz on at Global Champions’ Tour event

Fri May 26 2017 - 12:10

Ireland take Nations’ Cup competition in Drammen, Norway

Geoff Curran keeps his cool to ensure his side take Division Two fixture

Sat May 13 2017 - 12:17