CONCERNS EAST GALWAY COILLTE WOOD WILL BECOME QUARRY

Date Published: 20-Dec-2007

Claims that a Coillte wood at Moyode in East Galway is to be sold to a quarry owner are being deniedSenator Ciaran Cannon has spoken to a senior official with semi-State body, Coillte, who has confirmed that there are no plans to change the forest into a quarryCoillte have been carrying out geological surveys in the wood recently with a view to assessing how valuable a resource it isBut Senator Cannon says this is not with a view to disposing of it