Fine Gael have promised that Irish forestry company Coillte will not be sold off.
Speaking yesterday, Fine Gael TD Andrew Doyle said “Fine Gael has no intention to sell Coillte.”
Instead, the Government want to join Coillte and Bord na Mona together to create a new bio-energy company.
Coillte has one million acres of forest in Ireland and many people have spoken out against proposals to sell it including singer Glen Hansard from the band ‘The Frames’.
A Facebook page has also been set up, called “The Irish peoples’ forests are not for sale”, as part of the campaign to save our forests.
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