It's understood no further harvesting is planned for this area either this year or in 2024 or 2025.

While some locals have registered concerns over traffic levels, Councillor Ross says the council will address them.

Temperatures in the Shannonsid region are set to reach almost 30 degrees Celsius.

Locals raised concerns last week after claims a digger was used to tear the branches off trees lining the road rather than cutting them properly.

While Leitrim and Roscommon recorded a drop, Longford's forestry doubled.

An Bord Pleanala has overturned a decision by Leitrim County Council to grant retention planning permission to a forestry company for an entrance to extract

There are fears for hundreds of jobs in the forestry, timber and building sectors in the Shannonside Northern Sound region A backlog in the licensing