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Major protest outside Dail later over controversial Coillte deal

Catherine Gaffney -
Major protest outside Dail later over controversial Coillte deal

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.

 

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Farmers have slammed the move as a "land grab".

 

A major protest's being held at the Dáil later aimed at halting the arrangement.

 

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People Before Profit Richard Boyd-Barrett thinks what's happening is an outrage:

 

https://filedn.com/lglCaxamfnlV2gaMY6rU7tH/News%20Clips%202022/barrett8.mp3

 

 

Catherine Gaffney -