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

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.