Public auctions of good-quality Golden Vale limestone land generally draw a crowd, and that is what Killarney-based auctioneer Tom Spillane hopes for in a few weeks’ time, when 72 acres of this sought-after commodity go under the hammer in the Deebert House Hotel, Kilmallock, Co Limerick, at 3pm on Friday, October 27, writes Conor Power.

A nationwide series of 39 forestry advisory clinics for people who are considering forestry, or who are existing forest owners, has been organised by Teagasc’s Forestry Development Department.