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Forestry
Aftermath of ash dieback action plan
Donal Magner
If lessons are learned from the ash dieback review the sector can move forward, especially if taskforce recommendations are implemented by the Department and long-term issues are addressed.
8 May 2024 Dealer
Hot and cold for Hackett’s ash dieback fund
The aid package certainly has serious shortcomings, but it’s there, and it's funded.
8 May 2024 News
Ash dieback package to boost replanting activity
An upsurge in activity is expected to remove and replant much of the 20,000ha of diseased ash plantations in the country that have not been removed to date.
Conifer trees 'driving' employment in rural areas
The "fixation" that big conifer forests are bad and broad leaf forests are good is the wrong view to have, consultant Henry Philips has said.
8 May 2024 Forestry
Forestry plantings remain on the floor
Unless there is a surge in activity between now and December, the total area planted will fall well below 2,000ha again this year.
8 May 2024 News
More timber-framed homes will reduce carbon emissions - researcher
Certain volumes of concrete and steel need to be replaced with materials such as timber in order for Ireland to meet its forestry targets, a forestry conference heard on Thursday.
4 May 2024 News
No suspension of Scottish log imports - Minister
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue was responding to a question asking his position on suspending log imports from Scotland due to the presence of the bark beetle there.
4 May 2024 News
'Innovative' Cavan farmer wins RDS and Teagasc farm forestry award
Derek and Yvonne McCabe have been announced as winners of the 2024 RDS Teagasc Farm Forestry Award. James and Martina Ham from Westmeath received the runners-up award.
3 May 2024 News
Forestry costs at Department rocket to reach €7,388/ha
The higher administration costs are almost equivalent to 10 years of premiums for farmers who plant Sitka spruce.
1 May 2024 News
Edenderry Power now completely wood-reliant
Bord na Móna’s Edenderry plant purchases 500,000t of wood biomass annually, including 87% of material from Irish small and low-quality logs, woodchips, sawdust and forest brash.
1 May 2024 Forestry
Ash dieback payment of €5,000/ha in lieu of revenue losses
Annual premiums ruled out, but €5,000/ha payment provided, while issues remain about capping site clearance costs at  €2,000/ha for a new ash dieback package which has received a cautious welcome.
1 May 2024 Forestry
Mixed farmer reaction to ash dieback package
The new Climate Action Performance Payment of €5,000/ha is being paid to plantation owners who have joined the Department of Agriculture’s ash dieback reconstitution schemes.
1 May 2024 News