Tánaiste moves to ease ongoing concerns over sale of land to Coillte & British investment fund
The Tánaiste has insisted that there will be no privatisation of public land under the Coillte proposal to sell land to a British investment fund. Gresham House, is giving the state owned forestry company 200 million Euro to try and reach a target of 18 per cent forest cover.…
Sligo councillor calls for Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture to examine Coillte venture
Sligo Councillor is supporting calls on the Agriculture Minister to intervene and delay Coillte entering into a joint venture with a British investment fund. It comes as there are major fears locally that the new fund will price farmers out of the land market along with other knock-on effects.…