Irish Government Decides No Forestry Sell Off (careful now, this is a con trick)

This is what the Irish Sunday Independent reported on 9th June ... Is this something to celebrate? "While the rest of the Oireachtas steadies itself for a long sleepy summer, Howlin's department is hitting the accelerator as the pace of State asset disposals increases. Semi-state forestry company Coillte will not be sold but is instead likely to be merged into Bord na Mona to create a vast State bio-energy company. This new renewable behemoth will form the centre of State plans to ramp up green energy production through large numbers of wind farms, with excess electricity being exported to the UK. The financing for this ambitious programme is likely to come from a variety of sources, including the National Pensions Reserve Fund and EU funding. "New Era has made an evaluation. They've made a presentation to me and they've made a presentation to Simon Coveney. We've agreed a way forward – and we'll be bringing joint proposals to Government shor