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Forestry contractors seek forest machine import ban
James Hanly
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.
2 April 2025 Forestry
Outside help needed to remove timber
Overseas contractors will be required to harvest windblown timber, while EU aid is needed for private forest owners – mainly farmers – whose forests are decimated.
23 March 2025 Forestry
Forest owners should maximise the salvage value of trees – Minister
The Minister encouraged all stakeholders in the selling and buying of timber to engage constructively to ensure that the prices agreed are transparent.
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Teagasc announces post-storm timber harvesting events
Talking Timber, Teagasc’s annual timber marketing event, also returns with a particular focus on the post-storm harvesting response.
21 March 2025 Forestry
Remaining forestry owners affected by storms without licence urged to apply
One-quarter of forests impacted by the storms have not applied for a felling licence.
20 March 2025 Forestry
Teagasc supporting growers with windblow
Irish forest owners are facing a major challenge following the recent storms, writes Teagasc’s John Casey.
19 March 2025 Forestry
Ash dieback plan is ‘dead in the water’
Progress on the removal of diseased ash plantations has stalled as contractors are focused on salvaging the windblow from storms Éowyn and Darragh.
12 March 2025 News
Éowyn ravages €800,000 plantation
Paddy McGowan's forestry plantation was worth around €800,000 before storm Éowyn struck; its current value is pure guesswork or conjecture. Declan O’Brien reports.
5 March 2025 News
News Podcast: rewetting targets, calf boats and windblow
On this week’s show, we discuss the State’s push to rewet land, have an update on calf boats and the ongoing fallout around windblow in forestry.
28 February 2025 News
Department refuses to budge on felling licences
The Department of Agriculture has estimated that 24,000ha of forestry or close to 10m cubic metres of timbers was flattened by storms Éowyn and Darragh.
26 February 2025 News
Windblow has major repercussions for forestry sector
Call for the suspension of felling licences as sector comes to grips with harvesting 10 million cubic metres of blown timber which includes four years' private forest production.
26 February 2025 Forestry
Assurances given to forestry owners on potential future supports
Minister Michael Healy-Rae has moved to reassure forest owners that any work undertaken now will not affect eligibility for any potential future assistance that is introduced.
26 February 2025 Schemes