Climate campaigners pull up Sitka spruce on Coillte plantation
Up to 150 climate campaigners have pulled up Sitka spruce on a Coillte plantation in Leitrim. The protest took place as part of a Climate Camp, that was run for five days in Manorhamilton last week by a number of local climate action groups. More than 230,000 hectares of peatland…
Save Leitrim to stage rally outside Dail this October
The Save Leitrim movement which has been established to raise concerns about how much of the county is currently under afforestation will stage another rally outside the Dail on October 10th. The latest rally is being held to coincide with the presentation of a save Leitrim study into forestry ownership…
Save Leitrim Group to march on Dáil
The Save Leitrim Group will march on the Dail later this month in order to highlight the amount of the county that is currently being used for forestry plantations. The march will take place on January the 30th. in advance of the protest in the capital, the save…
Leitrim group to hold anti-forestry demonstration outside Dail
The Save Leitrim group is to take its campaign against non-native forestry in the county to the gates of the Dail. It will hold a demonstration on Wednesday, January 30th at 11am to highlight what it says is the negative impact that the planting of trees, such as Sitka Spruce,…
Save Leitrim Group to bring appeals before Forestry Appeals Committee today
The Save Leitrim Group will later today bring a number of appeals before the Forestry Appeals Committee. The Group which was established to try and prevent the spread of forestry plantations in the County will go before the recently formed Appeals Committee in Potlaoise with four separate objections. Sean Wynne…