  A measurement of the inclusive $Z \to \tau\tau$ cross-section in $pp$
collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV is presented based on a dataset of 1.0
fb$^{-1}$ collected by the LHCb detector. Candidates for $Z \to \tau\tau$
decays are identified through reconstructed final states with two muons, a muon
and an electron, a muon and a hadron, or an electron and a hadron. The
production cross-section for $Z$ bosons, with invariant mass between 60 and 120
GeV/$c^2$, which decay to $\tau$ leptons with transverse momenta greater than
20 GeV/$c$ and pseudorapidities between 2.0 and 4.5, is measured to be
$\sigma_{pp \to Z \to \tau\tau} = 71.4 \pm 3.5 \pm 2.8 \pm 2.5$ pb; the first
uncertainty is statistical, the second uncertainty is systematic, and the third
is due to the uncertainty on the integrated luminosity. The ratio of the
cross-sections for $Z \to \tau\tau$ to $Z \to \mu\mu$ is determined to be $0.93
\pm 0.09$, where the uncertainty is the combination of statistical, systematic,
and luminosity uncertainties of the two measurements.
