Contact your Local Green Belt Forester
Green Belt foresters are located throughout Ireland, with their head office located in Virginia, County Cavan. Speak to your local forestry expert for the best advice on establishing your forest, harvesting your timber or securing a forestry investment.
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Green Belt Head Quarters Out of Hours Voice Mail 049 4306965 Green Belt provides consultancy services in tree and forestry planting and management. Our skills include land and forestry management and reporting in ESG and CSR initiatives to assist in like minded businesses achieve their offsetting targets. |
Company Management
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Mossie Ryan Managing Director 049 8548000Mossie co-founded Green Belt with his business partner Tim O'Brien (deceased). As a pair, they had a vision and passion and drive that saw the development of the private forestry estate within Ireland as we see it now. Mossie is creative, focussed, driven and entrepreneurial and continues to lend his remarkable... |
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Hugo McCormick Group CEO 049 8548000Hugo has worked with Green Belt since graduating UCD with First Class honours, more than 30 years ago. A practical and skilful forester, Hugo is CEO of the group, coordinating operations and performance across the team. |
Northern Region
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George Beirne Forester George has enjoyed a full career in forestry and brings his experience, knowledge and storytelling talents to the team. |
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Gerard Dunne Forester 049 8548000Gerard is based in the North East and is a dedicated and life long forester. He develops long term, valued relationships with all his clients and works to deliver positive results. |
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Paddy Gallagher Forester Paddy has been one of the best foresters in Ireland for well over 30 years now. An early appointment within Green Belt, Paddy has seen it and done it all. Focussing his wealth of knowledge and expertise in maximising returns and volume for forest owners, Paddy manages harvesting activities across the northern areas... |
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Joe Tansey Forester Joe has been a forester with Green Belt for over 30 years. He has developed plantations all across Roscommon and Leitrim and is a power house of knowledge and information when it comes to successfully and efficiently establishing a strong plantation. |
Southern Region
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Aaron Browne Forester Aaron is an accomplished forester with experience across Ireland. He is a committed and personable character that is well travelled and has a strong record of sporting achievements. |
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John Crawford Forester John is a highly accomplished forester. His recent experience includes teaching and training in Ballyhaise college as well as earlier work with Green Belt. A Cavan native, John is knowledgable in farm enterprises, having been raised on a farm himself, and continuing to work on farm. |
Western Region
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Mike Moroney Forester Mike is from County Clare and has been a valued member of the team for more than 12 years now. He is skilled at land acquisitions, forestry management and horticultural and landscaping services. Mike is a diligent and hard working character that will ensure the work is completed to exacting standards. |
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David Sweeney Forester 059 85 48000David is a young forester, with a great work ethic. He is from a farming background and understands the value of the land to farmers and how important the introduction of forestry can be to the enterprise. Contact David to help with woodland planting, Ash reconstitution and timber harvesting. |
Investment
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Maurice Ryan Director, Business Development +353 49 8548000Maurice is passionate about forestry as a solution for climate change. All aspects of forestry can have a positive carbon capture and storage story - and to support this, the circular bioeconomy has a pivotal role to play to add further ESG and economic value to Irelands forests. |