Mark Mccauley
6 results

Farmers and foresters demand action on timber crisis
- Energy & Resources
- February 23, 2021, 17:24
Farmers and foresters have joined forces to demand that Minister of State for Agriculture, Pippa Hackett, tackles the crisis in the Republic’s timber(...)

Coillte wood supplies set to dry up next year
- Energy & Resources
- November 7, 2020, 06:45
Supplies of wood needed for home building from State company Coillte are set to dry up next year as a planning crisis that grips commercial forests de(...)

Backlog of forestry licence appeals is ‘costing jobs’, committee hears
- Energy & Resources
- November 3, 2020, 18:51
Department of Agriculture delays in processing forestry licence appeals is costing jobs in the timber industry, politicians heard on Tuesday. The Oir(...)

Objectors stall production of enough timber for 5,000 houses
- Energy & Resources
- August 12, 2020, 05:31
Objectors have, over the past week, stalled production of enough timber to build about 5,000 homes, it has emerged. It now looks increasingly likely (...)

Red tape logjam creates fear for Irish timber supply
- Energy & Resources
- July 3, 2020, 05:32
Vast swathes of trees are waiting to be felled in the Republic, but a bureaucratic tangle risks leaving them in the ground and threatening the supply (...)

A Bump Along the Way: Vibrant Bronagh Gallagher shines in charming Irish crowd-pleaser
- Film
- October 9, 2019, 05:00
Every now and then a small Irish film creeps up from nowhere and grabs a bit of unexpected, but deserved, attention. Beneficiary of a Northern Ireland(...)