Wool as insulation should be mandatory in all public buildings and homes - IFA

A collapse in the wool market over the past two years led to farm lobby calls for action to investigate alternative uses for wool

Wool should also become the insulation of choice in home and commercial properties.

THE Irish Farmers Association has called on the Government to create incentives to ensure that wool will become the insulation of choice in home and commercial properties.

It also wants the use of Irish wool as insulation in all social housing projects and public buildings to be made mandatory.