State forestry company wins for €136m sale of its stake in four wind farms Greencoat State forestry company Coillte has won the Deal of the Year award at The Irish Times Business Awards in Dublin. Coillte’s sale of its stake in four wind farms to Dublin-listed Greencoat Renewables for €136 million was one of last &hellip

    Coillte’s Cratloe Wood Successful at RDS Forestry Awards Coillte’s Cratloe Wood was voted the winner of the National RDS forestry awards under the Multipurpose Forestry category this year. The Multipurpose Forestry category is open to individuals and organisations that are expanding or developing existing or new forest habitats through natural and environmentally sensitive &hellip

    Coillte’s National MTB trail centres It was recently announced that Coillte has been awarded funding under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund to build the remaining phases at our national mountain-bike (MTB) centres. The centres are at Coolaney, Ballinastoe, Ballyhoura, Slieve Blooms and Ticknock. This will include design and construction of more than &hellip

    Plant for Our Planet: Minister Halligan celebrates National Tree Week with MEDITE SMARTPLY Minister John Halligan, Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development celebrates Tree Week 2019 with MEDITE SMARTPLY in Co Waterford Minister encourages the public to ‘Plant for our Planet’. By doing something as simple as planting a &hellip

  Coillte are asking the public to get behind National Tree Week 2019, which will officially kick off on Sunday 31 March and will run until Sunday 7 April 2019, with a special event displaying a carbon bench, which shows off what a tonne of carbon will look like. This year’s theme is encouraging the &hellip