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We are aware that some some members of the local public near Belleek Woods in County Mayo have queried the recent felling of trees in our forest. Earlier this year, we engaged in a formal three month consultation process with the Belleek community, regarding the need to clearfell six acres of commercial forestry in the &hellip
Pictured Left to Right: Charlie Burke (Coillte – Recreation), Shauna O’ Connor (See Change), Gerard Murphy (Coillte M.D.), Caroline Farrell (IFA), Minister Jim Daly, (Minister Of State at the Department Of Health, Joe Healy (IFA President) and Jill O’ Herlihy (Mental Health Ireland) Minister for Mental Health and Older People Jim Daly launched the &hellip
The IFA, in association with See Change, Coillte and Mental Health Ireland, have organised a series of six forest walks around the country as part of the Green Ribbon Campaign for mental health. At the launch of the walks, Minister McEntee said that the Let’s Talk and Walk events are a great initiative to help &hellip
Coillte had a very successful day at this years RDS Forestry Awards. The awards celebrate the best livestock and forestry producers in the country and the winners were revealed at a ceremony in the RDS Concert Hall, Dublin on 3rd March.Three categories were entered with four entries (1) The Community Forest Award (2) The Multipurpose Forestry &hellip
MEDITE SMARTPLY, producers of innovative timber panel products, have been awarded the most sustainable stand over 60m2 at Ecobuild 2017.The award is given to the exhibitor who has designed and built a stand that can be reused, recycled and of benefit to the environment beyond the tradeshow.Ecobuild and the UK-GBC presented the award to Stuart &hellip