STOVES sales have increased by 35% year-on-year, as home owners realise the benefits of log stoves — the most efficient way of burning firewood.

FOREST owners need to gather as much information as possible about thinning, said Teagasc Forestry Development Officer Áine O’Callaghan, at last week’s Teagasc/Forest Service event at Feakle, in Co Clare, on Steps to Thinning and Marketing your Timber.

FACEBOOK tributes have been pouring in to the four Kerry teenagers who died in the horrific crash near Killarney earlier this week.