Outside The Smock Alley Theatre before (top) and at the weekend (above)
Who runs this city?
Over the weekend a bird-filled forest of trees shading the Smock Alley Theatre, Lower Exchange Street, Dublin and lining a a part of Wood Quay was denuded of branches, leaves and whatnot.
Nobody was warned.
Buzz writes:
I’ve spoken to several friends who are DCC [Dublin City Council] councillors, and friends of DCC councillors, who have ZERO idea why this was done.. Who issued the order, and who took out the work. Democracy is gas isn’t it…
Pics via Councillor Mannix Flynn
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Mannix Flynn: pparently this is part of DCC’s urban tree strategy. Where they have determined that a lot of the tree species in the city are unsuitable and are to be replaced. Nothing was brought before the south east area committee with regards this location to my knowledge and from speaking with the local residents they didn’t seem to be informed either https://www.facebook.com/mannix.flynn
That man is the antichrist. I can’t hack him.
ISIS?
Probably IW, they don’t need permission to do anything, they are the LAW
Odds are, there probably was a good reason to do this. Now we just need to wait for someone to show up and tell us what it was.
But in the meanwhile?
Balloons!
Trees are cut down around the city all the time. Can be because of disease, because tree roots are damaging walkways causing trip hazards, aesthetics or blocking light or many other reasons.
Hey but democracy right we did not get to vote on this!
Dublin Corporation did a lot of tree planting between the 60s and 80s which are now reaching a stage of maturity where the roots are starting to damage roads, footpaths and the foundations of buildings. The Georgian society has occasionally complained that some of the planting has cluttered the vistas created by the Wide Streets Commission. College Green is an often-cited example.
But was not the Wide Streets Commission enacted by fat Victorian men with fat horses so that they could gallop unmolested through streets?
Absolutely not! They were fat Georgian men.
What, like Stalin?
Mannix Flynn is concerned about destruction? What an bottomhole.
Is it pollarding or complete removal? If complete removal more than likely diseased.
Pollarding tends to be done in winter when trees are dormant.
I kill children
I
Like to watch them
Die eye
Sad to see any tree being knocked/removed.
But if needs must.
That said, some warning would be appreciated.
You could end up with people protesting and such,endangering themselves and running up the costs for DCC. If the trees had to go altogether, for reasons of disease or cracking the pavement or what have you (not necessarily the case here, but anyway), they have to go – no point for DCC creating further hassle for themselves by going through the motions of some sort of consultation.
I am quite worried about this development, although not a resident of the tree, I did stay there one summer for a night as I made my way from the canal to the Phoenix park. It is not a livable tree for your average family squirrel, it does make for great use as a resting spot during longer cross city journeys longer trips. I for one hope a tree is reinstated, obviously a native variety, with amble Squirrel nesting and social housing provision for lost bats.
I applaud the council’s report on green infrastructure, finally after many years we are getting the crucial data us squirrels need to plan strategically. Overall it’s a good time to be a squirrel in Dublin, but it’s important to stay vocal and make sure bio-diversity issues are not ignored.
Rats to
That
Red or grey?
Maybe the subtext here is: DCC is as corrupt and incompetent as your worst fears. And then some. And Maybe MF is doing his best to broadcast that, but we are too dim to look any further …
Oh please. Flynn has no trouble mouthing off about whatever takes his fancy.
Looks better without them in my opinion.
And those offices will now get some natural light.
Someone should fell Mabastard flynn. I’d pay to see that.
Apparently only **4 trees** (Norway Maples) were removed – as they were too big and damaging the pavement.
You can see the damage here on street view
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3452167,-6.2692167,3a,42.8y,122.63h,66.32t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDL4E7jnOG7RFfcpWOlKK2g!2e0!5s20140601T000000!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
DCC says 13 Trees are to remain – and two replacements trees are promised
Awesome! Thank you.
It is a lot of tree for such a small area
The Irish have no sense of aesthetics.
That’s cleared that up, anyhow.
Just pointing out the obvious.
Saw yesterday they have also removed the bushes and grass in front of the viking longboat to the right of Smock Alley – probably more to do with limiting the DCC maintenance bill
Probably done to prevent dealers storing their stashes in there.
sure the place is a kip anyway, a high speed motorway bordered by a dead polluted river on one side and an army of junkies and American tourists on the other. Nuke it from orbit I say.
The trees in the pic on the first picture were not cut down and are still there.