Landowners hit by ash dieback unlikely to receive compensation

There are no plans to introduce a compensation package for landowners affected by the ash dieback disease, according to Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister Simon Coveney.

But he also told Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris in a written reply to a Dáil question that his department is doing everything possible to minimise any inconvenience to affected landowners.

Mr Ferris raised a number of issues about the confirmation of the disease in a hedgerow at Ballinamore, Co Leitrim,