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A series of National Fire Training Days are due to take place around the country over the coming weeks as part of a campaign led by Coillte in association with The Forest Service and with the support of the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed T.D., who officially launched the campaign in Millstreet County &hellip
The 2018 edition of the Coillte Biking Blitz returns this spring with over 1,500 mountain bikers expected to take part in four amateur events using Coillte’s mountain bike trails in Wicklow, Limerick, Galway and Dublin to mark the start of the 2018 season. The Coillte Biking Blitz is a cross country mountain bike series with &hellip
Growing the Irish Forest Bioeconomy Breakfast Seminar Wednesday 21st March 8:30am to 10:30am Sustainable Nation, Dublin Docklands Building Coillte is delighted to introduce this exciting breakfast seminar communicating the key role that irish Forests will play in the new emerging Bioeconomy. The gross output of the Irish forest sector is set to double by &hellip
This week, March 4th to 11th is National Tree Week. Each year, organised by the Tree Council and supported by Coillte, National Tree Week hosts a range of events nationwide to celebrate trees. The theme for this year’s National Tree Week is ‘Just Plant’. The aim of National Tree Week is to encourage &hellip
Coillte were delighted to facilitate two fantastic events at our forests over the Halloween weekend. Firstly a two night scare event “The Hazelwood Haunting” was held in Sligo. Over two nights thousands of visitors were scared out of their wits as Hazelwood forest came to life after dark with strange sounds and spooky ghosts around every corner. The &hellip
Minster of State Andrew Doyle TD presented Brendan Lynch of Coillte and Martin McManus with their QQI (Quality & Qualifications Ireland) certificates at Avondale House, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow. This followed their successfully completing a Level 5 award in forestry forwarder operations, making them the first students to successfully complete this newly commenced course run out &hellip