'Spread of bovine TB cannot be used as excuse to remove grant-aided afforestation'

If illegal felling takes place, the matter will be fully investigated
'Spread of bovine TB cannot be used as excuse to remove grant-aided afforestation'

The Department has warned that if illegal felling takes place, the matter will be fully investigated and prosecution will follow where appropriate. File Picture.  

No force majeure for landowner who felled grant aided forest

Spread of bovine TB cannot be used as an excuse to remove grant-aided afforestation, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s recent ruling on a case where a landowner removed forestry from some land he had purchased.

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