Act now to limit forestry damage

Wet weather and storms have left considerable windblow damage in some forests. Munster has been especially hard hit.

Estimates of the area blown over and/or damaged nationally range from 4,000 to 8,000 hectares. Teagasc urges forest owners to take timely action now to avoid severe financial losses.

John Casey, Forestry Adviser with Teagasc in Cork said: “Extensive damage has occurred to individual trees on farms and also to forestry plantations.