{"id":80970,"date":"2021-07-14T09:52:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T09:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:55:47","slug":"shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

A crisis in supplies of timber In Ireland is set to deepen as overseas sources of logs dry up, industry figures warn.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Irish Department of Agriculture delays in processing licences needed to cut and plant trees, and lay roads to transport logs, have left the Republic short of timber needed to build new homes.<\/p>\n

Mike Glennon, joint managing director of sawmill\u00a0Glennon Brothers, warned on Thursday that the shortage would worsen in coming weeks as shipping in alternative supplies is becoming unsustainable.<\/p>\n

His company has been bringing in shiploads of timber from\u00a0Scotland\u00a0every five or six days since last year to meet customer demand, but competition from other markets now threatens that source, said Mr Glennon.<\/p>\n

Parts of Scotland that are free from pests likely to threaten Irish plantations are the only viable source of imported timber, noted the sawmiller.<\/p>\n

However, global demand is driving up prices for logs from these regions. \u201cIt is becoming unsustainable; that supply source is not going to keep going,\u201d said Mr Glennon.<\/p>\n

He said the Republic was growing more timber than it needed, but ongoing licensing delays meant that the trees could not be felled. \u201cSo it does not make economic sense to ship logs from Scotland to process them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Glennon, department officials have licensed 11,700 hectares of forest for felling so far this year, against 57,000 in all of 2019.<\/p>\n

The department is issuing permits at a faster rate than last year, when 18,000 hectares were licensed in total.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Glennon argued that 2020 was \u201ca catastrophic year\u201d when licensing fell far behind the Government\u2019s targets.<\/p>\n

His business is now quoting six- to eight-week delivery delays to builders seeking timber to build houses. The same timber used in construction is also needed to make pallets, vital for exporting goods. Supplies for these products are also under threat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe industry is grinding to a slow halt,\u201d warned Mr Glennon. He said the crisis is now two years old. The sawmiller called for an amnesty on licensing for a period to allow forest owners to go ahead and cut trees.<\/div>\n

Otherwise, he argued that the\u00a0Department of the Taoiseach\u00a0should establish a special unit to tackle the problem.<\/p>\n

While Irish State company Coillte is the biggest source of logs in the Republic, farmers who planted part of their land decades ago with the aid of Government cash are now seeking to harvest trees but cannot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey know that international prices have never been so high, but they can\u2019t fell their trees to cash in their crop,\u201d added Mr Glennon.<\/p>\n

He argued that the system is \u201ctoo complicated\u201d and had left the Department of Agriculture unable to hit its own targets.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one else would be expected to wait 18 months to harvest their crop,\u201d said Mr Glennon.<\/p>\n

The spring reopening of construction, which the State locked down in the first quarter of the year, sent demand for building materials, including timber, surging.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A crisis in supplies of timber In Ireland is set to deepen as overseas sources of logs dry up, industry figures warn. The Irish Department of Agriculture delays in processing licences needed to cut and plant trees, and lay roads … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4716,4715,4714],"tags":[4033,4325,4071,4480],"class_list":["post-80970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-trends","category-market-analysis","category-wood-industry-prices","tag-ireland","tag-timber-imports","tag-timber-prices","tag-timber-shortage","topic-forestry","topic-industry-prices","topic-sawmilling","area-europe"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nShortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens - Timber Industry News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ro_RO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens - Timber Industry News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A crisis in supplies of timber In Ireland is set to deepen as overseas sources of logs dry up, industry figures warn. The Irish Department of Agriculture delays in processing licences needed to cut and plant trees, and lay roads … Continue reading →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Timber Industry News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-14T09:52:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-19T08:55:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/softwoodlogs.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"618\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"355\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"GWMI Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Scris de\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GWMI Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Timp estimat pentru citire\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"GWMI Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/135a1ae8119d1d1755135add5b7287ff\"},\"headline\":\"Shortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-14T09:52:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-19T08:55:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/\"},\"wordCount\":502,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/softwoodlogs.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ireland\",\"timber imports\",\"timber prices\",\"timber shortage\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest Trends\",\"Market Analysis\",\"Wood Industry Prices\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/\",\"name\":\"Shortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens - Timber Industry News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/softwoodlogs.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-14T09:52:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-19T08:55:47+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/softwoodlogs.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/softwoodlogs.jpg\",\"width\":618,\"height\":355},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Timber Industry News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Timber Industry News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/logo_color.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/logo_color.svg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":57,\"caption\":\"Timber Industry News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/135a1ae8119d1d1755135add5b7287ff\",\"name\":\"GWMI Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ro-RO\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e3f366983e368f37c12ad29c07423641931b311f2561bc3cb4b4eaf6f44c3cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e3f366983e368f37c12ad29c07423641931b311f2561bc3cb4b4eaf6f44c3cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GWMI Admin\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens - Timber Industry News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/","og_locale":"ro_RO","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens - Timber Industry News","og_description":"A crisis in supplies of timber In Ireland is set to deepen as overseas sources of logs dry up, industry figures warn. The Irish Department of Agriculture delays in processing licences needed to cut and plant trees, and lay roads … Continue reading →","og_url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/","og_site_name":"Timber Industry News","article_published_time":"2021-07-14T09:52:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-19T08:55:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":618,"height":355,"url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/softwoodlogs.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"GWMI Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Scris de":"GWMI Admin","Timp estimat pentru citire":"2 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/"},"author":{"name":"GWMI Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/135a1ae8119d1d1755135add5b7287ff"},"headline":"Shortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens","datePublished":"2021-07-14T09:52:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-19T08:55:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/"},"wordCount":502,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/softwoodlogs.jpg","keywords":["Ireland","timber imports","timber prices","timber shortage"],"articleSection":["Latest Trends","Market Analysis","Wood Industry Prices"],"inLanguage":"ro-RO","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/","url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/","name":"Shortage of timber in Ireland set to worsen as supply tightens - Timber Industry News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/softwoodlogs.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-14T09:52:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-19T08:55:47+00:00","inLanguage":"ro-RO","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ro-RO","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/shortage-timber-ireland-set-worsen-supply-tightens\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/softwoodlogs.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/softwoodlogs.jpg","width":618,"height":355},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/","name":"\u0218tiri din industria lemnului","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ro-RO"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#organization","name":"\u0218tiri din industria lemnului","url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ro-RO","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/logo_color.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/logo_color.svg","width":150,"height":57,"caption":"Timber Industry News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/135a1ae8119d1d1755135add5b7287ff","name":"GWMI Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ro-RO","@id":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e3f366983e368f37c12ad29c07423641931b311f2561bc3cb4b4eaf6f44c3cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e3f366983e368f37c12ad29c07423641931b311f2561bc3cb4b4eaf6f44c3cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"GWMI Admin"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}