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national / environment / press release Thursday January 07, 2021 21:21 by foie
Call for change in coillte Principal Objects as illegal felling video released Work stopped by residents due to recommence An environmental charity has called on the Government to change coillte Teo’ Principle Objects to add ‘social’ and ‘environmental’ to its sole current sole ‘commercial’ remit. Friends of the Irish Environment released a video on social media over the New Years’ weekend showing residents stopping clearfelling of a Special Area of Conservation by coillte Teo which was viewed more than 4,000 time over the weekend. The video, taken at Kilsheelan Woods in the Lower River Suir Area of Special Conservation, shows an extensive woodland area between the N22 road and the River Suir undergoing clearfelling. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Wednesday June 01, 2016 22:57 by foie
As the European Commission begins infringement proceedings against Ireland for failing to complete the designation requirements for its Special Areas of Conservation, it proposes to close another investigation into the protection of the fresh water pearl mussel on the basis of commitments given by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and coillte Teo., the State Forestry Board. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / press release Tuesday August 26, 2014 15:05 by Woodland League
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Press Release - Woodland League The public amenity forest at Gougane Barra, co Cork has been clear-felled for no good reason. This is the claim of an internationally renowned Irish tree-scientist and a number of Irish NGOs. In January 2014, coillte, the Irish Forestry Board, contended that ‘sudden oak-death’ (Phytophtera ramorum) had infested the veteran larch trees in the forest and that urgent clear-felling was essential. Documentary evidence purporting to support this assertion dated July 2013 has been branded tenuous at best by Diana Beresford-Kroeger the renowned Irish tree-scientist who saw no sign of the disease while filming in the forest in August of that year. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday June 07, 2013 13:03 by Volunteer
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Never before have so many communities walked in their woods for a common purpose, to focus on their forests on the same day. Adding to the more than 50,000 who have signed our petition against the sale of the harvesting rights to speculators. The Woodland League wish to thank all of the organisers, communities and Individuals who have come together in a show of strength and unity to celebrate Public ownership of their forests. After all these Public forests were created under a Public afforestation plan using Public funding from State and the European Union, planted and managed by Publicly paid foresters, it is therefore obvious, it is to the Public they belong - FULL LIST OF WALKS: http://www.saveourforestsireland.com/p/national-walk-in....html read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / press release Wednesday March 13, 2013 21:52 by T
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The Woodland League wish to highlight the fact that coillte since 2009 have already sold 108 million euros of trees with harvesting rights, to IFUT ( Irish Forestry Unit Trust ) a pension fund company, of which they are partners. In a bizarre situation, coillte have used these proceeds to pay off some of its own large pension fund debts. The National Pension Reserve Fund has also been used by IFUT to fund these sales and its contribution obscured within IFUT’s bail out of coillte. This is not how this vital Public NPRF funding should be used, it is supposed to be invested in the peoples future. http://www.nprf.ie/Publications/2011/NPRFReport2010.pdf read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / press release Monday May 24, 2010 08:53 by Andrew St Ledger
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The Woodland League accuses coillte of 'stealth privatisation' of state forests read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday April 08, 2008 10:15 by Court Observer
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Corporate bullying in the Courtroom. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Monday June 11, 2007 23:01 by tara foundation
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The Tara Foundation has lodged complaints with the European Commission against the Irish State over the M3 Motorway in Co. Meath and the onshore gas refinery at Ballinaboy, Co Mayo. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Monday December 11, 2006 10:53 by Irish Environmental & Social Stakeholders
An alliance of environmental and social groups from Ireland today sent a detailed and powerful rebuttal of the environmental certification of coillte, Ireland's largest forestry company, to the Lord Peter Melchett and the Board of the Soil Association, who are responsible for the certificate. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / press release Thursday November 30, 2006 18:07 by Woodsman
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The future of forestry in Ireland will be affected by the National Forest Standard being put together by the Irish Forest Certification Initiative (IFCI) steering group that is now at the stage of third and final draft. Big forestry concerns are trying to push through a weak standard so that they can easily get their Forest Stewardship Certification with little regard for social and environmental factors (e.g. pollution of water courses, landslides such as at Derrybrien, native trees and biodiversity, landscape character). Consultation with the public has been limited due to lack of information and advertising of meetings. If a weak standard is accepted, then we can expect more of the same Sitka Spruce plantations raping our natural environment for years to come - and more of coillte's selling off of state lands in their control to make up for the lack of profitability from Sitka Spruce - and more pollution and landslides. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday November 03, 2006 12:25 by Anonymous
Press Release Issued by Irish Forestry Contractors’ Association (IFCA) The importing of a boat load of wood pulp from Scotland via Waterford Port on the week ending Saturday 23rd, October, 2006 by coillte has caused consternation among members of the Irish Forestry Contractors’ Association. The wood pulp was imported by coillte for use in the production of OSB board timber product in its timber mill in Belview, Waterford. IFCA is a stakeholder in the Irish forestry sector and it was not consulted prior to the making of the decision to import the boat load of wood pulp in Waterford Port. IFCA is concerned about the prospects of contamination of native Irish timber products, which is a distinct possibility as a consequence of importing wood pulp. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday September 24, 2003 16:52 by FEAR PÍCE GAN AINM
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The Robert Emmet Association, with the support of the Department of the Taoiseach, The Department of the Environment and Department of Defence is now preparing to bring closure to the commemorations of the revolutionary period 1791-1803. These wide-ranging commemorations have been proceeding over some six years now, and have done much to create new perspectives in which to come to understand the forces then changing and shaping our world. read full story / add a comment |
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