€79.5m ash dieback package for farmers approved

This payment will be made available to all ash forest owners who have or will fully engage with the Department of Agriculture's ash dieback schemes.

It is over a decade since the first case of ash dieback was detected in Co Leitrim.

A €79.5m ash dieback disease package for farmers has been approved.

A Climate Action Performance Payment of €5,000 per hectare for participants in reconstitution schemes will be made, it has been announced.