Coillte and DAFM practises of allowing imported oak saplings for native woodland schemes is both reckless and unnecessary.
Articles in the Press
21 August 2023
Ireland’s native trees are threatened by imported diseases
20 June 2018
Ireland’s native woodlands are quietly disappearing
Darragh Murphy: Under 11% of country’s land is forested as State plants Sitka spruce at expense of indigenous trees.
2 March 2015
New Perspectives on Irish History
New Perspectives on Irish History is a brand new 8 part radio series devised by John Haughton, which takes a unique look at how our ancestors viewed their natural environment and how different periods of history co-existed with the natural environment of our island. Programme 1 features interviews with Andrew St. Ledger of the Woodland League and Lord Ross of Birr Castle, as well as voxpops with secondary school children.
23 August 2009
Where is it?
What happened to the trees we were promised?
Bertie’s 4 million euro Millennium project derided as ‘farce’ as Coillte admits that only one in 10 will survive.
