Biodiversity in spotlight at Irish Forestry Awards

A biodiverse Coillte forest in Glengarriff, Co Cork, was last night named the winner of a prestigious RDS award at a ceremony in historic Farmleigh House in Dublin.
Biodiversity in spotlight at Irish Forestry Awards
Fri, 10 Dec, 2004 - 00:00
Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent

Forestry Minister John Browne presented a €2,000 cheque, a perpetual trophy and an RDS silver medal to Michael McElroy, Coillte district manager in Macroom, on winning the forest-woodlands category of the Irish Forestry Awards.

The merit award for the category went to Patrick J Keane, Killaloe, Co Clare.

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