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Felling licences
Unlike Ireland, felling licences are not required in Sweden, Germany and France. In the Walloon region of Belgium, no felling licence is required for thinning or clearfelling less than 3ha for hardwoods and 5ha for softwoods.
Larger areas require a permit which takes a minimum of 30 days. In Flanders, a felling licence is required which takes 60 days for approval.
All countries have a flexible approach towards private forest owners, especially those with small forests. In France, private owners with less than 25ha have the option to submit sustainable forest management plans (FMPs) on a voluntary basis or they can combine to submit a collective plan.
Eamon Quinn: Ireland s broken housing and banking markets were outsourced to the vultures
Not only are the funds outbidding Irish families seeking homes, they are already deeply embedded in every street in the country
Sat, 08 May, 2021 - 08:31
The week started with housing minister Darragh O’Brien insisting that a sovereign government could in no way legislate to plug a loophole that allowed a recently-arrived investment fund, or vulture fund, to build and rent out new houses in residential streets in a Co Kildare town.
The homes would be rented out for 20 to 25 years and, in the midst of the worst housing crisis in the history of the State, would entail little risk for its foreign clients.
Digital Desk StaffSeven new walk-in Covid-19 testing centres will open across the country in the coming days.As The Irish Times reports, two facilities will open in Dublin, with a centre at the Technological University Dublin campus in.