Irish forestry to get makeover

THE role and structure of the Irish Forest Industry Chain (IFIC) is to be reviewed.

Each member organisation will be consulted as part of the exercise Coillte’s planning, research and environment director George McCarthy is IFIC’s new chairman while Joe O’Carroll, operations manager with COFORD, the national council for forest research and development, is vice chairman.

Mr McCarthy said the last few months have seen dramatic changes to the operating environment in which forestry companies and organisations function.