Over €6m spent tackling gorse fires

From 2010 to 2015, the cost to the State of tackling nearly 7,000 gorse, forest, and bog fires was over €6m.

The most up-to-date statistics is for 2015, according to the Department of Housing.

Last week, after the Cloosh Valley gorse fire in Co Galway ravaged 1,200 hectares of forest land, Coillte CEO Fergal Leamy estimated that the recovery costs would amount to a further €4m.