Coillte Teoranta

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Coillte HQ in Newtownmountkennedy
Coillte HQ in Newtownmountkennedy

Coillte Teoranta (from Irish language, meaning Forestry Limited) is a state-sponsored company in Ireland. Coillte is a commercial company operating in forestry, land-based businesses and added-value processing operations.[1]

The company was established on 8 December 1988 and is owned by the Minister for Agriculture and Food and the Minister for Finance on behalf of the Irish Government.[2] Coillte employs approximately 1,000 people and has three subsidiaries. The Coillte estate is 4,450 square kilometres of which 79% is forest; it owns 70% of forests in Ireland.

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  1. ^ www.coillte.ie (Coillte Website).
  2. ^ www.cro.ie (Companies Registration Office records).

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