The forests have been cleared over hundreds of years to make way for agriculture and to sell the timber. Ireland has a serious biodiversity issue right now.
Regrowth has focused on cash crops such as Sitka spruce, which are grown and felled. Attempts are being made to re-plant native Irish trees through various initiatives.
He got criticized for it, (although I was bit young to be paying attention then) but figures like him are what are needed going forward if talks of a united Ireland are to pick up.
You say the dream is still alive, that is the entire aim of Sinn Fein, with their first Minister. It is not pie in the sky dreaming, although it is a lot further away than they seem to accept.
You're dreaming. The game was over after 20 minutes, there was zero jeporady or drama.
If Arsenal, City or Liverpool did that, they wouldn't be first either.