January 19, 2021 4:03 pm
Nine of Ireland’s forest owner groups have come together to form a national body, the Irish Forest Owners (IFO).
The groups currently involved are: Donegal Woodland Owners Society; Irish Wood Producers; Inishowen Forest Owners; Laois Farm Forestry Group; North East Forestry Group; Offaly Farm Forestry Group; Waterford Forest Owner Group; Westmeath Farm Forestry Group; and Wicklow Private Woodland Owners.
Chairman of the IFO, Nicholas Sweetman from Co. Wexford, said: “The IFO is a body formed to support the forestry industry by supporting individual primary producer groups.
We formed this group to ensure the voice of all forest owners is heard in planning for the future of Ireland’s forests.