Darragh Murphy: Under 11% of country’s land is forested as State plants Sitka spruce at expense of indigenous trees.
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New Perspectives on Irish History is a brand new 8 part radio series devised by John Haughton, which takes a unique look at how our ancestors viewed their natural environment and how different periods of history co-existed with the natural environment of our island. Programme 1 features interviews with Andrew St. Ledger of the Woodland League and Lord Ross of Birr Castle, as well as voxpops with secondary school children.
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What happened to the trees we were promised? Bertie’s 4 million euro Millennium project derided as ‘farce’ as Coillte admits that only one in 10 will survive. By Neil Michael, Ireland on Sunday, 23/08/2009. WHEN it was launched in a blaze of publicity in 1999 by then taoiseach Bertie Ahern, the People’s Millennium Forests project […]