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Queries

Not sure who to ask? Email us at forestry@teagasc.ie
Please include your name and county so that your question can be forwarded to the relevant person.

Forestry Development Department

• Tom Houlihan, Acting Head of Department
• Vacant, Forestry Specialist
• Frances McHugh, Forestry Communications and  Digital Media Specialist
• Tracey McDermott, Forestry Administrator

See below:

• Advice & Training Staff
• Research Staff
• Education Staff

Advice & Training

• Liam Kelly, Forestry Advisor (Kildare, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath)
• Noel Kennedy, Forestry Advisor (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon)
• Michael Somers, Forestry Advisor (Carlow, Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow)
• Kevin O’Connell, Forestry Advisor (Cavan, Louth, Meath, Monaghan)
• Pádraic O’Leary, Forestry Advisor (Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford)
• Jonathan Spazzi, Forestry Advisor (Clare, Limerick, north Kerry)
• John Casey, Forestry Advisor (Cork, Kerry – South and Mid)
• Christian FitzGerald, Forestry Advisor (Sligo/Leitrim/Donegal)

Education

• Paul Butler, Forestry Liaison Officer

Research

Researchers

• Dr Tomás Byrne, Tree Improvement Technologist
• Dr Niall Farrelly, Forestry Researcher (conifer management)
• Dr Dheeraj Rathore, Forestry Researcher (tree improvement)
• Dr Ian Short, Forestry Researcher (broadleaf management)
• Dr Junliang Zou, Forest Carbon Researcher

Postdoctoral Researchers

• Dr Laura Guillardin, Forestry Researcher
• Dr Grace Jones, Forestry Researcher (continuous cover forestry)
• Dr Ricardo Pimenta, Forestry Researcher

Forestry Technicians

• Derek Gibson, Forestry Technician
• Rory Newell, Forestry Technician
• Donna Gregan, Laboratory Assistant

PhD Students

• Emma Fuller
• Romane Guernalec
• Jie Huang
• Rachel Irwin
• Karuna Shrestha