Yesterday evening.
Aghern, County Cork.
Vulcan 01 writes:
THREE hundred plus metres of hedge and trees gone in the middle of the Ban. Rang Fermoy Garda and no interest, Gave me a cock and bull story about trees interfering with crops. Felling tress roadside with no signage either…
Anyone?
This morning.
Drimnagh, Dublin 12.
Buzz O’Neill Maxwell writes:
Despite empty promises about consultation Dublin City Counci went in this morning and destroyed dozens of healthy trees in Brickfield Park…
What is going on?
Anyone?
Meanwhile…
Cut down to size: Why are Ireland’s local authorities so keen to chop down trees? We want to look much more deeply at an issue that’s been a hot topic across the country this year. Help us investigate: https://t.co/vp6wuVshJq
— Noteworthy (@noteworthy_ie) September 11, 2019
More felling?
BearYear writes:
Clare County Council did this outside the local library [Harmony Row, Lifford, Ennis, County Clare]…disgusted. They said the trees blocked light to the next building…which is Clarecare a private health company. FFS…
Anyone?
Friday: Over 7,000 trees felled by local authorities in 18 months (Irish Times)
Thanks Irish Wildlife Trust
Spotted on Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, at the weekend.
It follows reports that up to 130 trees may be cut in Ballsbridge and Donnybrook areas to allow for roads to be widened for the BusConnects programme.
Related: BusConnects: 130 at-risk D4 trees festooned with red ribbons (Olivia Kelly, The Irish Times)
Previously: Someone Shout Stop
Thanks Edmund McCann
This morning.
Skerries, County Dublin.
Via Skerries:
Tree cutting in process at the moment on Church Street – One has just gone outside Nealons, one is about to go beside the Coast and three or four more will go later today. The problem is they are breaking up the pavement. Local sculptor Shane Holland has been trying to stop them. He is asking for the Council to fix the pavements instead. He has chained his van to the one outside his house…
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Yesterday afternoon.
Eyre Square, Galway.
John Gallen writes:
They’re felling an old tree in Eyre Square. The “crown” was dead and it posed a danger, said one of the feller fellas… bummer! :(
On a nicer note, they’re going to keep approximately 2 metres of the trunk stump to craft a sculpture from it… Yay! :)….
This afternoon.
Somewhere in Fingal.
Ian Wilson writes:
One man to lop the tree 14 to supervise…. Fingal County Council at its best…
