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Coillte Open Bird Hide in Portumna Forest Park County Galway for viewing White Tailed Sea Eagles Coillte officially opened a bird hide in Portumna Forest Park County Galway this weekend to allow visitors stunning views of a pair of White Tailed Sea Eagles on the nest with their chicks. The bird hide &hellip
Coillte and the local community in Glenmalure County Wicklow came together for an open day on March 25th 2017 to celebrate the successful conservation of an historic mining building in the Glenmalure Valley. The event celebrated the conservation works and fascinating history of a large 19th century ore-crushing building which stands as a reminder of the &hellip
The European Investment Bank has announced funding of over €200 million for forestry related investment in Ireland – the first such investment in 20 years. Currently about 11% of Ireland’s land mass is covered with forestry, well below the European average. The target outlined in the rural development plan is to bring that up to &hellip
Coillte are supporting An Taisce’s innovative new LEAF programme in our forest park at Curragh Chase county Limerick. The LEAF programme, Learning About Forests is designed for school children of all ages and explores forests as a whole and looks at topics such as biodiversity, water, climate change, products and community and actions &hellip