Celebrating Irish and world forests

Re-imagining forests for Ireland in 2016 and beyond

I was surprised and delighted to be asked by Dr. Deirdre O'Mahony to contribute a poster to the Teagasc and Galway County Council Farming and County Life 1916-2016 event, which seeks to commemorate the 100th year of Ireland's Rising and to reflect on developments in farming and country life across Ireland over the last century.…Read more Re-imagining forests for Ireland in 2016 and beyond

Operation Transformation to Continuous Cover Forestry

Great to see ProSilva Ireland's* message about Close-to-Nature, non clearfell, continuous cover forestry is getting great press and TV coverage. This is what should have been included in this years new national forestry policy but we'll just have to keep working at it. Anyway, we all had a great day in Co. Wicklow. *I'm on…Read more Operation Transformation to Continuous Cover Forestry

Celebrating Earth Day 2014 at Hollywood, Co. Carlow with Green Sod Ireland

It was lovely yesterday evening to celebrate all things earthy and green for Green Sod Ireland's Earth day walk. It was a soft grey evening and Mary White of Blackstairs Eco trails led the walk down the lanes right next to Hollywood. Mary gave us information on the history of the lane and many of…Read more Celebrating Earth Day 2014 at Hollywood, Co. Carlow with Green Sod Ireland