Minister Doyle opens Brussels event on the Future of Plantation Forests in Europe
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, Andrew Doyle T.D today opened a high-level conference in Brussels organised by the...
Minister Hackett facilitates 8th meeting of the Forestry Policy Group
The Minister of State for Forestry at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, today chaired the eighth meeting of...
Coillte provides update on the early success of Dublin Mountains Makeover
Coillte owns and manages around half of the forests in the Dublin Mountains, with the remainder managed by private forest owners. Through the Dublin...
Minister Hackett publishes large-scale public survey results on forestry in Ireland
Senator Pippa Hackett, today announced the results of the “Attitudes to Afforestation in Ireland” survey.
This survey was commissioned by the Minister’s Department as...
Minister announces commencement of 2022 Forestry Premiums Payments totaling €28.7 million
Senator Pippa Hackett, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for forestry, has announced the commencement of...
Minister announces publication of Forestry Licensing plan 2022
Minister of State for Forestry at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, has published her Department’s Forest Licencing plan...
Coillte: Oak Trials At The Midlands Native Woodland Project
On what seemed an unseasonably warm December day, some of the Coillte Nature team visited the Midlands Native Woodland Project demonstration site to sow...
UK News: Forestry Commission takes further action on new tree disease
New Plant Health requirements introduced to prevent the spread of the tree pathogen Phytophthora pluvialis in Cumbria and south-west England.
Woodland managers, landowners, tree nurseries...
Woodland Trust announce UK’s Tree of the Year 2021
A defiant lone hawthorn guarding the Scottish coastline is the winner of the Woodland Trust’s Tree of The Year for 2021.
The tree at Kippford,...
Cabinet approval to make changes to Forestry Act 2014 aimed at increased planting of...
The Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett is delighted to...