Forestry land still viewed by many as the best investment

Conor Power talks to leading auctioneers who are seeing a steady rise in demand for land that can be planted for forestry
Forestry land still viewed by many as the best investment

There’s great demand now across Ireland for forestry plantations, both for bare ground and for semi-mature forestry. 

“There’s no cheap land anymore now,” observes Any Donoghue of Clonakilty-based Hodnett Forde Property Services. 

“There’s even greater demand now for forestry plantations – be that for bare ground on which you’d get permission to plant, which is a rarity. Or else it’s semi-mature forestry. 

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