The controversial deal to bankroll new forests has been branded a "corporate heist".
Coillte's link-up with UK asset manager, Gresham House, will provide up to 200 million euro of the capital needed to create new forests.
Farmers have slammed the move as a "land grab".
A major protest's being held at the Dáil later aimed at halting the arrangement.
People Before Profit Richard Boyd-Barrett thinks what's happening is an outrage:
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