AIE: felling licence TFL01311526

Note: DAFM certified (29-5-26) and issued (2-6-26) a felling licence after receiving correspondence from the applicants solicitor (29-5-26) despite the file only recently having been placed on the Inspector’s worklist. The Inspector didn’t visit the site. The licence was a new application after a previous licence for the site was cancelled at appeal. The new licence is now at appeal.

AIE: Derryclare Forest to Bog Project

AAIE Request 26 089

Summary of information requested

  1. All records concerning the conception, design, development, appraisal and advancement of the Derryclare Forest to Bog project, including internal correspondence, meeting records, submissions, draft proposals and decision records.
  2. All records concerning the use of Derryclare as a pilot, model, precedent or template for future forest to bog restoration projects, including any standard methodology, framework, guidance, template, lessons-learned document, policy paper or rollout proposal.
  3. All records concerning funding for the project, including approvals, sanction, budget allocations, cost estimates, funding source, grant/payment records, conditions attached to funding, and any assessment of value for money or outcomes.
  4. All records of engagement with Coillte and/or NPWS concerning the project’s development, funding, mitigation design, and its use as a model for future projects.
  5. All records showing how DAFM addressed any issue of role separation, independence, objectivity or conflict of interest arising from DAFM’s involvement in funding/developing the project while also acting as licensing authority.

Environmental Impact Assessment Report Scoping Documnet – Derryclare Peatlands Project

Wild Western Peatlands Project: Concept Note

Version 2: November 2025

Given the financial exposure in this project, in August 2025, Coillte made the decision to pause all but essential activity for both Derryclare and Glennamong.