“EU LIFE – Rebuilding Ireland’s Natural Capital”

LIFE09 NAT/IE/000222

Boardwalk installation Scohaboy

09:00 – 09:30	Registration – Tea / Coffee
09:30 – 09:45	Welcome – Gerard Murphy, Coillte
09:45 – 10:00	Niall O’Donnchu, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
10:00 – 10:20	João Pedro Silva, EU LIFE Communications Team
10:20 – 10:50	John Feehan, Geologist / Author
10.50 – 11.10	Tea/ Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:30	Russell Anderson, Forest Research UK
11:30 – 11:45	Project DVD
11:45 – 12:15	John Connolly, Coillte & John Derwin, Project Ecologist
12:15 – 12:45	Donall Mac An Bheatha, Longford County Council
1:45 – 13:00	Q & A
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:20	Sharon Byrne, Coillte & Gearoid O’Foighil, Chairman, CCDC
14:20 – 14:50	Alex Copland & Anita Donaghy, Birdwatch Ireland
14:50 – 15:10	Hugh Cushnan, Queen’s University, Belfast
15:10 – 15:30	Maurice Eakin, DAHG (NPWS)
15.30 – 15.45	Tea/ Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:15	Seamus Boland, CEO, Irish Rural Link
16:15 – 16:45	Aileen O’Sullivan, Ecologist, Coillte
16:45 – 17:00	Q & A

Scohaboy Walk 1

09:15 – 09:30	Meet at hotel reception
09:30	Depart via bus to Scohaboy Bog NHA, Project Demonstration Site No 15
11:00	Arrive at Scohaboy Bog NHA
11:00 – 11:20	Caitlin Rigney, University of Limerick
11:20 – 12:30	Tour of demonstration site
12:20 – 12:45	Catherine O’Connell, IPCC
12:45 – 13:00	Q & A
13:00	Lunch (Packed lunch provided)
13:45	Depart site – return to Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone
15:15 approx	Arrive at Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone
	End of Day 2
	Please wear suitable clothing and footwear