Sligo Councillors find new way to recoup costs of roads damaged by forestry work
Sligo councillors have come up with a new way of recouping the cost of repairing damage to roads caused by forestry plantation. They have now decided to take action through development contributions, which form part of the conditions for granting plannng permission. While forestry is exempt from planning permission, councillors…
Unusual Garda rescue in Leitrim after cat topped the pole
Gardai have carried out a rescue with a difference in Leitrim. It was after they received a call about a cat that was stranded on the top of a telephone pole near Drumshanbo. It’s believed the cat was there for a number of days in heavy rain. Help arrived when…
Forestry application for lands near Lough Gill refused
The Minister of State with responsibility for forestry has confirmed that an application to plant forestry on lands close to Lough Gill at Innisfree in County Sligo has been refused. Minister Andrew Doyle said the scale and impact of the proposed afforesdtation on the surrounding landscape and its proximity to…
Call for councils to have more say on forestry
Leitrim Councillors want the Council to have more of a say in regulating forestry in the county. The issue was raised by two Fianna Fail Councillors at Leitrim County Council this week. Justin Warnock called for the County Development Plan to be amended to ensure the Council has more of…
Leitrim forestry protest group heading to Claremorris this afternoon
A new group has been established in Leitrim to further highlight the effects of forestry in the county. The Save Leitrim Community Activist Group is made up of a broad range of people living throughout Leitrim. This Wednesday, it is holding a protest in Claremorris during a meeting on the…
Calls for forestry companies to pay for damage to roads
A Sligo councillor is calling for forestry companies to be made pay for the damage they cause to roads. Fianna Fail Councillor Joe Queenan says that in many cases, they are ‘destroying’ roads, with the local authority ‘left to pick up the pieces.’ At a council meeting this week, Senior…
Major meeting on forestry to take place in Carrick on Shannon
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association is holding what they hope will be a major meeting at the Bush Hotel in Carrick-on-Shannon next week. Gerry Loftus the Chairperson of the organisation’s forestry committee says the abundance of these non-native spruce plantations especially in Leitrim and west Cavan makes no…