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

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

Coillte is celebrating Applegreen Tree Week 2017 with the Tree Council of Ireland through a series of nature walks and tree planting events to inspire people to experience the positive role that trees play in our lives

Soil Association auditors will carry out a Forest Stewardship Council