Hard to know why Government Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Healy-Rae is going to bail out 🌲 investors after storm damage with yet more taxpayers money when their own forest manual requires owners to hold insurance fore such named events? Industry lobby? State aid?? Moral hazard??

Walking through the burnt forestry near Rostrevor.. You can see the deep pits. This was planted on blanket bog and the fire burnt large amounts of peat underground. This forest should never have been planted here

Epic bird.....with a tragic back round!. #Spring #Sky #Dance

It is now clear that Irelands plantation 🌲 plan has nothing to do with climate change or GHG Green mitigation but is all about enriching investors, profits & return on investment to the timber industry & vested interests. Looked after by Michael Healy-Rae independent.ie/irish-news/gre…

Another taxpayer funded "investment" Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Forest service Michael Healy-Rae up in smoke adding to GHG emissions & particulate pollution. Who will cover the costs? How can insurance companies cover "forestry" now given the windblow & now this? FBD Insurance facebook.com/share/1ChajJox…

Planting trees on peatlands leads to more GHG emissions then those trees sequester. 30cm of peat stores up to 327 tonnes of carbon per ha. Forestry = 145 T Ca per Ha. It does not make sense to plant trees on peatland as a climate change solution. Michael Healy-Rae Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Mainly plantation 🌲 investors backed by grants, premia & tax breaks from Michael Healy-Rae Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine that is blocking our young people from accessing land to farm in #Leitrim & the west. We need a proper land use plan not just to be a 🌲sacrifice zone leitrimobserver.ie/news/farming--…

This lady & may see the value in the west. They & we don’t believe in the planting with Sitka forestry to the detriment of others. We value people, family, environment & community. Join us & others Save Leitrim Save Kerry

It’s no wonder when the paper of record links a photo of conifer forestry with any story regarding carbon emissions. Irish forestry is a carbon emitter 🤔

Unsuitable and inappropriate plantation and there is no real mechanism for input or influence of Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the licensing regarding community concerns & social issues. Local people who matter are excluded from the process. #communitiesnotconifers con-telegraph.ie/2025/06/17/may…

There is no criteria or assessment of community concerns in the afforestation licensing process by the Forest Service Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine minister Michael Healy-Rae ignores such concerns in favour of forestry owners, timber industry lobby & profits/ returns? agriland.ie/farming-news/c…

I’m so fed up of farmers of having to do the heavy lifting of protecting biodiversity Morning Ireland Martin Heydon where’s the obligation on Coillte & Bord na Móna Fuels to do so instead of draining bogs and planting non native monocultures!?

Damage by a timber lorry in #Leitrim Wednesday evening...roof damaged on elderly couple's home as the phone cables were torn from the house connection, 2 poles broken & 📞 wires left lying on road...driver didn't even stop. ❌️🌲 Michael Healy-Rae Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Leitrim Observer / Leitrim Live

Gweebarra Conservation Group Environmental Pillar @savekerry Save The Connemara Coast Fair Seas Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Ireland's energy production plans will damage the environment and profit the wind plant companies alone. Make it make sense! ⬇️

Forestry 🌲 industry is now moving / hauling logs in containers? And causing lots of damage breaking down and blocking our rural roads Leitrim County Council Michael Healy-Rae Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The life cycle of an Irish Sitka spruce fence post - short and sad The life cycle of an Irish Sitka spruce pallet - short and hot !

This taken today in #Leitrim is why the forestry industry has to change and why Michael Healy-Rae Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Coillte Forest Industries Ireland have to take action to cut back 🌲 that are impacting on our community infrastructure, services and impacting negatively on our lives.

The ESB Networks & Coillte move a harvester into a plantation today in West Cavan / #Leitrim to address power outages with lines downed by 🌲 forestry. Coillte inventory mapping shows 12 to12.5 m setbacks but in reality setback is 6 to 6.5 each side of the line ❌️🌲

Peadar Tóibín TD Minister Michael Healy-Rae must immediately solve the root cause bad forestry, hungry greedy investors who won't cut back or set back from power lines. If he can't or won't do this he should resign now. Irish Farmers Journal Forest Industries Ireland RTÉ News The Irish Times Fianna Fáil Fine Gael

Save Leitrim ESB Networks Coillte Leitrim County Council Leitrim Observer / Leitrim Live Shannonside FM OceanFM Ireland Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Save Kerry Forest Industries Ireland Martin Kenny This is W. Cavan yesterday. Conifers down again on the line to water treatment plant. Inadequate setbacks cut after storm Eown.