Council removed 117 trees over 6 yrs
Over 100 trees have been felled in the Dublin South Central Area over the past six years.
Council workers removed 117 ‘street trees’ between winter 2019/20 and winter 2024/25.
The figures were given at the June South Central Area Meeting of Dublin City Council, in response to a question from Cllr Darragh Moriarty (Lab) about “how many street trees have been removed in the South Central Area 2019-2025 and how many street trees have been planted over the same period”.
These do “not include storm-blown trees” and “do not reflect the number of trees planted/felled from open spaces/parks”.
They also show that 128 trees were planted in the same time period.
No trees were planted during the winter 2020/21 period due to Covid restrictions, according to senior Parks and Landscape officer Brid Brosnan, however 41 trees were planted during the winter 2024/25 period, almost double the amount that were removed for the same period.
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