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Extent of forestry in Leitrim to be released next year

The true extent of forestry in Leitrim will be revealed next year when the Department of Agriculture releases their new National Forestry Inventory. This week questions in the Dáil about forestry coverage per county were answered using 2017 records. ...

03 Dec 2021 at 15:00

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Extent of forestry in Leitrim to be revealed in new documents next year

The true extent of forestry in Leitrim will be revealed next year when the Department of Agriculture releases their new National Forestry Inventory. Last week questions in the Dáil about forestry coverage per county were answered using 2017 records....

12 Dec 2021 at 13:00

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Over one hundred felling licences to be approved in Leitrim

There are 153 felling licences are yet to be approved in Leitrim this year. The delay in the the granting of licences means many forestries are long overdue being cut. Doengal has the highest number outstanding in the region at 239. In Cavan there ...

19 Jul 2021 at 11:23

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New Forestry Programme a lost opportunity says IFA

Following the EU Commission’s approval of the afforestation scheme under the new Forestry Programme IFA Farm Forestry Chair Jason Fleming has described it as a lost opportunity. “The funding for the scheme is very strong but unfortunately the way ...

13 Aug 2023 at 11:00

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Approval given to fast track reform of forestry appeals system - Naughten

Denis Naughten TD has confirmed that the Dáil Business Committee this morning approved the fast tracking of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2020 to deal with the horrendous backlog in appeals of forestry applications. “On average 24 ...

17 Sept 2020 at 13:57

Farming & Rural Affairs

Deputy Marian Harkin says Leitrim is a sacrifice zone for Sitka Spruce

In a strong statement in the Dáil on forestry development Marian Harkin TD, repeating a statement of a senior EU official, said that Co Leitrim was a ‘national sacrifice zone for Sitka Spruce’. Critically, what she described as a non policy ...

04 Nov 2020 at 11:09

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Leitrim councillors back call to amend County Development Plan on forestry

Leitrim County Council’s Planning Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) is going to look at the County’s Development Plan to see where changes can be made to address growing concerns about forestry. At Monday’s Council meeting, councillors ...

08 Mar 2018 at 13:00

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Opposition voices to monoculture forestry in Leitrim shout STOP

A large crowd attended a public information meeting entitled 'Save Leitrim' at the Lough Allen Hotel, Drumshanbo, last Friday, June 22nd. The purpose of the meeting was to highlight the detrimental impact monoculture forestry is ...

28 Jun 2018 at 11:52

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Watch | Save Leitrim to hold public meeting in Drumshanbo tonight spreading the message of 'Communities Not Conifers'

The 'Save Leitrim' group will be holding an information evening tonight, Friday, in the Lough Allen Hotel, Drumshanbo at 8.30pm. The group, which was formed earlier this year, are hoping for a large turnout at the meeting as ...

22 Jun 2018 at 13:38

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Unless we address fear the divisions in communities about forestry will deepen says MEP

The constant questioning about the future of rural Ireland needs to stop and the country needs to look beyond the here and now and plan for the big societal challenges that impact the whole of our island. That is according ...

13 Jun 2018 at 15:00

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Local group challenges licence to plant Sitka Spruce "alien species" on Co Leitrim site

A local environmental group has taken a High Court case aimed at quashing a licence for a forestry project in Co Leitrim involving planting 12 hectares with the “alien species” of Sitka Spruce. Save Leitrim Environmental ...

02 Jul 2021 at 15:14

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Save Leitrim group campaigns for candidates to sign pledge on forestry policy in the county

Commercial forestry has developed rapidly over the last 30-year period in Leitrim. To date 19% of the total surface area of Leitrim is forested, making it Ireland's most heavily forested county. Nothing alters a ...

24 May 2019 at 15:58

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