Meeting to focus on ‘improving’ forestry licence crisis

IFA members to meet with Minister Hackett and Jo O’Hara

Some farmers are waiting years for a licence to fell trees. File Picture.  

The deeping crisis in Ireland's forestry sector will be discussed at a meeting tomorrow.

A meeting of IFA members, Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett, and Jo O’Hara - who is advising on the implementation of the MacKinnon Report - will attempt to resolve licence crisis.