High Court refuses to overturn replanting order issued to Cork landowner
Lorraine Costello brought a challenge to ruling from Minister for Agriculture
Forestry industry in ‘full-scale crisis’, Taoiseach warned
Forestry Industry Ireland tells Micheál Martin 12,000 jobs in rural Ireland under threat
Forestry jobs lost and more at risk due to ‘crisis’ in sector - Coillte
TDs and Senators to be told timber supply at ‘critically low levels’ due to licence appeal backlog
Coillte wood supplies set to dry up next year
Department’s delays in processing tree-felling licences and appeals have frozen timber supplies
Backlog of forestry licence appeals is ‘costing jobs’, committee hears
Delays in processing appeals causing ‘irreparable damage’ to timber industry
Timber lobby says ‘zero evidence’ of Government clearing licence backlog
Delays in tree-felling licence appeals leading to timber shortages
Warning over impact of timber shortages due to forest licence backlog
Farmers ‘no longer view forestry as a safe investment’, IFA president tells committee
Sawmills import 100 truckloads of timber from Europe to combat shortages
Industry blames tree-felling appeals for shortage of a material Republic normally exports
Cabinet approves reforms to alleviate tree felling licence delays
Coillte warned that the backlog could lead to timber shortages and thousands of job losses
Majority of submissions favour changing law on forestry licence appeals
Sawmilling industry says delays are stalling production of timber needed to build homes
Pallet manufacturer looks to imports as timber crisis takes root
Raw material shortage creating production problems, CJ Sheeran Group warns
Thousands of jobs at ‘imminent risk’ in forestry sector, Coillte boss warns
Delays in State appeals process has led to substantial timber shortage
Timber shortages threaten thousands of forestry jobs, Coillte warns
The semi-State company has concerns about a backlog in the appeals process for felling licences
Environmentalists and timber industry at loggerheads over licence appeals
Failure to deal quickly with forestry licence appeals blamed for holding up housebuilding
Backlog of complaints stalling timber production for homebuilding
Department has pledged to hire more staff to do this work and possible fee for each appeal
Warnings of jobs losses in forestry and higher timber prices
Appeals to forestry licence applications stalling supply of 1.1m cubic feet of logs
Objectors stall production of enough timber for 5,000 houses
Coillte may cancel auction leaving sawmills short, as 29 tree-felling licences under appeal
Red tape logjam creates fear for Irish timber supply
Licensing system unable to process applications or deal with appeals, threatening thousands of jobs, industry says
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