# coillte
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April 2024
Wasted Wetlands
Some of Ireland's cleanest rivers and streams at risk from Coillte forestry
Environmental activists are concerned the State company’s cutting and replanting activity on peat is a ‘perfect storm for water quality impacts’.
4 Apr
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This year
2024
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Crash of the ash: How dieback could break the hurley-making industry
An airborne disease has ravaged the species, leaving growers decimated and hurley-makers scrambling for a long-term supply of ash.
Arthur James O'Dea
1 Feb
4.0k
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Last year
2023
failure to communicate
'Unacceptable' commitment by public bodies when faced with environmental information requests
24 May 2023
10.2k
10
forestry strategy
Coillte forestry deal 'not government's preferred option', admits agriculture minister
26 Jan 2023
14.0k
29
Wood for the trees
Explainer: Why is a deal between Coillte and a British firm so controversial?
24 Jan 2023
12.0k
9
Forestry
New €1.3 billion forestry strategy labelled a 'scandal' by Irish Wildlife Trust
Updated
14 Jan 2023
57.7k
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All time
THE MORNING LEAD
Thousands of litres of pesticides used on Irish roads and forests each year
16 Sep 2022
21.8k
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THE MORNING LEAD
Special branch: Over 75 cases of alleged illegal tree felling investigated last year
2 Jan 2022
33.5k
19
Wood you believe it
Coillte reveals Ireland's ten most popular forests as some visitor numbers triple during 2020
16 Feb 2021
33.3k
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timber trouble
Forestry backlog continues as licences overturned due to biodiversity concerns
30 Dec 2020
19.3k
15
eye in the sky
Drones to be deployed to assist firefighters tackling forest fires over coming months
12 May 2020
14.2k
22
Easter weekend
80% fall in visitors to Coillte forests, as public told to avoid scenic sites outside their zone
9 Apr 2020
13.1k
16
Voices
Opinion: ‘Coillte took me to court but we could work together to make forests a better place'
Sioned Jones
3 Mar 2020
23.7k
42
Cork Circuit Criminal Court
Woman who cut down spruce trees in Coillte forest and replaced them with native trees is spared jail
28 Feb 2020
92.2k
danger danger
'Severe safety risk': Public warned not to fly drones above wildfires
6 Jul 2018
10.4k
12
wind farms
Forestry group Coillte is looking to sell a chunk of its wind energy business
5 Apr 2018
333
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up in flames
Nasa has taken an aerial photo of Ireland's gorse fires as public warned of health risks
11 May 2017
120k
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Galway
Over a third of Ireland's largest forest has been destroyed by gorse fire
10 May 2017
36.9k
51
Rubbish of the republic
Leaflets from Sinn Féin's environment spokesperson dumped in Kildare wood
9 Dec 2016
18.5k
179
No kidding
'Don't sacrifice the goats': Protesters' anger defers planned cull of 80 wild animals
2 Dec 2016
12.7k
16
the sun's out
Want to get active this weekend? Here are some top hiking and biking trails
4 Apr 2015
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curraghchase house
A Sydney architect wants Limerick people to restore this ruin to its former glory
30 Dec 2014
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