Department outlines procedures on reducing the risk of disease and pest damage to our trees and forests, writes Donal Magner
The new project will focus on four key areas and has been allocated €770,000.
Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Laois to catch up with forestry contractor Damien Brophy.
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Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to the midlands to catch up with Ireland’s largest multifunctional tiller-mulcher, as it reclaimed 106 acres of an old Christmas tree plantation back into grassland.
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Surveys on global wood policies and academic study on timber construction the first step in maximising the use of home-grown timber.
Faced with insect, disease and climate threats, Slovenia's foresters look to close to nature forestry (CNF) and species diversity to protect their vast forest resource.
The Department of Agriculture confirms that payments to farmers to cover ash dieback losses will be subject to PRSI and the USC.
The payments were announced by Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State with responsibility for forestry Pippa Hackett.
This week's guest is forester Lauren Kinsella, who hails from Co Wexford but now lives on a dairy farm in Co Waterford.
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