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REGIMENTED ROWS Dark blocks of Sitka spruce plantation are increasingly appearing throughout our landscape. Pic: Walter Baxter CC-BY-SA 2.0 Opinion Ciara Moynihan Condemnation of the partnership between semi-State forestry company Coillte and a ...

19 Jan 2023 at 11:33

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Light in new forestry programme

BROADER BROADLEAF FOCUS Hazel are among the native species that form the bulk of the Government’s new forestry programme, announced in November 2022. Frank Cawley Mayo Greens applaud the focus of The Mayo News on issues around forestation ...

09 Feb 2023 at 12:54

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Love is in the air

WOOING WITH FOOD As part of the courtship ritual of pair of jays, the male provides food to the female. Country Sights and Sounds John Shelley The sudden cold has done nothing to dampen the ardor of our local jay pair, who have been ...

16 Feb 2021 at 11:00

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Collite agrees to increase communication with Council

QUESTIONS Cllr Michael Loftus. Forestry company comes under fire for leaving roads ‘impassable’ after harvesting Anton McNulty A REPRESENTATIVE of Coillte, the State-owned forestry company, has accepted that communication with Mayo ...

02 Feb 2021 at 09:00

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If Ethiopia can do it, why can’t we?

SHOWING THE WAY A young member of Gersale Green Club taking part in a community tree-planting project in Ethiopia, where 353 million trees were recently planted. Pic: Flickr.com/Trees ForTheFuture Country Sights and Sounds John ...

29 Aug 2019 at 11:21

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Ballina petition calls for new owners for Belleek Woods

CONTROVERSY Some locals are unhappy with recent tree felling in Belleek but Coillte has defended its actions. Edwin McGreal Over 1,700 people have signed a petition calling for Belleek Woods in Ballina to be handed over to Mayo ...

18 Dec 2018 at 12:07

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Westport hosts debate on the future of Irish forests

Public debate on the future of Irish forests A public debate on possible models to secure a sustainable future for our forests will be held on Friday, July 5, at 7.30pm in the Atlantic Coast Hotel, Westport. Recent coverage ...

02 Jul 2013 at 13:46

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Mayo Fire Service battles 200 blazes

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE... ?Farnaught, near Westport, and in the shadow of Croagh Patrick, was one of the areas to catch fire last week. The smoke was thought to have affected mobile phone signals in the area.?Pic: Conor ...

09 Apr 2013 at 11:08

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Forestry companies destroying local roads - Mellett

Forestry companies destroying local roads - Mellett Kevin Moran SWINFORD-based Cllr Joe Mellett has called on Mayo County Council to make forestry companies aware of their obligations to the public road network. The ...

18 Jun 2013 at 11:00

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Death of Belleek herons ‘a crime against nature’

Death of Belleek herons ‘a crime against nature’ Anton McNulty ‘A CRIME against nature’ was how a Ballina councillor described the death of two heron chicks as a result of tree felling by Coillte in Belleek Woods. ...

06 May 2014 at 10:24

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NATURE A wood mouse finds a new (temporary) home

HEAT SEEKER Inquisitive wood mice can come into homes searching for warmth in the winter. The whiskered ginger visitor Country sights and sounds John Shelley We have a visitor, a little guest, come to share our ...

16 Oct 2012 at 10:17

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SUSTAINABILITY Forestry for the future

Secure the future by planting trees Grow your own Chris Brown No-one can say for sure just how much tree cover the earth has lost, but everyone knows that a vast area once covered by living, breathing forest ...

12 Oct 2010 at 10:28

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