Forestry

Co Meath farm on track to exceed €1.7m guide price

A large Co Meath residential farm was offered for public auction before Christmas with most of the lots sold. It is on track to exceed it's pre-sale guide price, reports Tommy Moyles.

PROPERTY 30 December 2025

Co Meath farm on track to exceed €1.7m guide price

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1,000ha more forestry planted this year

1,000ha more forestry planted this year

NEWS 26 December 2025

Family-run sawmill, Ireland's biggest firewood supplier

Family-run sawmill, Ireland's biggest firewood supplier

FORESTRY 24 December 2025

Department on the hunt for new assistant secretary

Department on the hunt for new assistant secretary

Department on the hunt for new assistant secretary

DEALER 23 December 2025

Widespread approval for reconstitution grant

Widespread approval for reconstitution grant

Widespread approval for reconstitution grant

FORESTRY 17 December 2025

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New chair of forestry appeals committee

New chair of forestry appeals committee

The new chair of the forestry appeals committee was a chartered quantity surveyor for 13 years before becoming a barrister.

FORESTRY 26 November 2025

Meeting huge windblow challenges in Sligo

Meeting huge windblow challenges in Sligo

Selling and harvesting windblown timber in a depressed market, followed by costly replanting, requires a simple, fast and flexible reconstitution grant.

FORESTRY 26 November 2025

€55m replanting grant for storm-damaged forestry confirmed

€55m replanting grant for storm-damaged forestry confirmed

A rate of €3,858/ha will be available for mixed high forests with Sitka spruce and coniferous high forests. This increases to €5,421/ha for continuous cover forestry.

NEWS 26 November 2025

Letter considers why farmers are not planting trees

Letter considers why farmers are not planting trees

Why are farmers not planting trees? Michael Ryan, conifer sub-committee of Limerick Tipperary Woodland Owners Ltd.

LETTERS 26 November 2025

How one farmer is offsetting his greenhouse gas emissions

How one farmer is offsetting his greenhouse gas emissions

Tom Houlihan, acting head of Forestry Development at Teagasc and Signpost farmer Aidan Maguire report on forestry on the farm.

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 26 November 2025

New funding for forest owners taking step towards certification

New funding for forest owners taking step towards certification

The scheme offers potential to modernise the forestry sector, according to Minister Michael Healy-Rae.

FORESTRY 26 November 2025

Agroforestry approvals at 500ha this year

Agroforestry approvals at 500ha this year

Assessment of agroforestry including its role as a land use in achieving a viable forestry programme required as interest in the scheme increases, writes Donal Magner.

NEWS 26 November 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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