TD calls for ban on selling off publicly owned forestry

Richard Boyd Barrett says it is an 'absolute scandal' that Coillte is trying to put 39 acres of forest on the market

The land in Enniskerry, on the Dublin-Wicklow border, had an asking price of €250,000. File picture

Calls have been made to ban the sale of all publicly owned forestry after Coilte tried to put 39 acres on the market.

Solidarity-PBP TD Richard Boyd Barrett has said it was an "absolute scandal" that Coilte is selling off State-owned forest on a "regular basis" for residential and industrial development.