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Sligo councillor calls for Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture to examine Coillte venture

John Lynch -
Sligo councillor calls for Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture to examine Coillte venture

Sligo Councillor is supporting calls on the Agriculture Minister to intervene and delay Coillte entering into a joint venture with a British investment fund.

 

It comes as there are major fears locally that the new fund will price farmers out of the land market along with other knock-on effects.

 

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The fund aims to assemble a €200 million fund to create new forests and buy some existing forestry.

 

Sinn Fein Cllr Thomas Healy believes that it's something the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture should examine urgently:

 

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