I'm a broadleaf silviculture researcher in Ireland. My interests are the management of broadleaf forests from establishment through to final harvest, and also alternative silviculture systems. Work includes investigations on establishment spacing, mixture configuration, thinning and remedial silvicultural systems for poorly performing pole-stage stands. This includes underplanting and coppice-with-standards. I also have an interest in temperate agroforestry, the utilisation of early thinnings from broadleaves, and transformation of Sitka spruce plantations to continuous cover forestry.