{"id":6174,"date":"2020-12-02T13:08:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T13:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/?p=6174"},"modified":"2021-06-03T17:02:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:02:10","slug":"coilltes-forests-open-during-december-and-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/coilltes-forests-open-during-december-and-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Coillte\u2019s forests open for all to enjoy but users asked to adhere to HSE and Government guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday May 10th 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coillte\u2019s forests and forest parks remain open, as the country moves into less stringent national Covid-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>We ask all visitors must adhere to HSE and Government guidelines, including social distancing measures when visiting our forests.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2019ve all seen during COVID19, there are substantial health and wellbeing benefits from walking outdoors and exploring forests. Coillte has forests in every county in Ireland that can be enjoyed safely.<\/p>\n<p>There are over also over 260 recreational forests and over 3,000kms of walking trails among our 6,000 forests nationwide not to mention six mountain bike trails and twelve forest parks.<\/p>\n<p>Stay safe, follow the guidelines and protect each other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4877 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/media\/2019\/11\/Avondale-Autumn-Colours-Header-Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Avondale-Autumn-Colours-Header-Image.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Avondale-Autumn-Colours-Header-Image-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Avondale-Autumn-Colours-Header-Image-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Monday May 10th 2021 Coillte\u2019s forests and forest parks remain open, as the country moves into less stringent national Covid-19 restrictions. We ask all visitors must adhere to HSE and Government guidelines, including social distancing measures when visiting our forests. As we\u2019ve all seen during COVID19, there are substantial health and wellbeing benefits from &#038;hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"class_list":["post-6174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-latest-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coillte\u2019s forests open for all to enjoy but users asked to adhere to HSE and Government guidelines - Coillte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coillte\u2019s forests open for all to enjoy but users asked to adhere to HSE and Government guidelines - Coillte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Monday May 10th 2021 Coillte\u2019s forests and forest parks remain open, as the country moves into less stringent national Covid-19 restrictions. 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