Residents who wish to remove Bradford pear trees from their property are encouraged to contact a licensed tree professional for assistance. Cut stumps should be immediately treated with a herbicide ...

She wrote that “Ireland, more than other countries, ought to be a country of trees” since the letters in the modern Irish alphabet are derived from Ogham letters named after trees.

Of the 11 per cent of Ireland that is covered in trees, the vast majority of this is in monocultures of non-native conifer species that do nothing for wildlife. The Irish landscape is now ...