Coillte says level of damage from Storm Éowyn to top €60m

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Coillte says level of damage from Storm Éowyn to top €60m

Coillte has said Storm Éowyn in January caused "unprecedented" levels of damage to its estate at an estimated cost of over €60m.

Coillte estimates Storm Éowyn damage to forests at €60m

Coillte has estimated that Storm Éowyn caused over €60m worth of damage to its estate in January. The State-owned commercial forestry business manages over 14,500 hectares of the 26,000 hectares of forests in Ireland that were damaged by the storm. Coillte said it has made significant progress in its response and is hoping to have the majority of its clean-up completed by the end of the next year. Approximately 3m cubic metres of sustainable woo…