Wednesday, 18th June 2025: South Dublin County Council (SDCC) and Coillte, Ireland’s semi-state forestry company, are collaborating on a sustainable house-building project on Council land at Melrose Court, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. The innovative project will see the construction of 27 age-friendly homes to A1 BER performance, using low carbon homegrown timber from Ireland’s forests. Construction is expected to commence in June 2025. Pictured were Mark Carlin, Managing Director, Coillte Forest; Minister for Forestry, T.D, Michael Healy Rae; Mayor of South Dublin County Council Baby Pereppadan; Minister for Housing, T.D, James Browne and Colm Ward, CEO, South Dublin County Council. Pictured Jason Clarke

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Coillte’s Gougane Barra Forest Park

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Coillte, Ireland’s semi-state forestry company and Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), the State environment agency for inland fisheries and sea angling resources have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will deepen the relationship between the two organisations, and which aims to deliver greater environment protection and nature restoration projects. Pictured are Mark Carlin MD Coillte and Barry Fox, Head of Operations at Inland Fisheries Ireland.

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