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Tree down on Church Road - Be careful out there.

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  • 02-11-2013 5:59pm
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    eigrod
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    A large tree just fell across the main road on Church Road (between the Church and the Hillside turn off, approx. where the Post Box is). Don't think any car or people got caught under it. Gardaí at the scene now.

    Really really wild out there.


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    LEIN
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    I'm sure our resident photographer will be along with a pic in the next few hours. :P


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    Car2318
    Registered Users Posts: 140 ✭✭Car2318


    DD9090 wrote: »
    I'm sure our resident photographer will be along with a pic in the next few hours. :P

    In Charlesland at least 3 smaller trees down on the spine road. They are likely to blow onto road but also few others looked unsteady.
    Kids enjoyed the excitement :)


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    pixbyjohn
    Registered Users Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭pixbyjohn


    DD9090 wrote: »
    I'm sure our resident photographer will be along with a pic in the next few hours. :P

    Was in Waterford most of today, missed that :D


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    walkyouhome
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    Anyone know why there are white rings now around some of the trees - they don't seem to be luminous so is there a plan afoot to take some trees down ?


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    legrand
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    walkyouhome wrote: »
    Anyone know why there are white rings now around some of the trees - they don't seem to be luminous so is there a plan afoot to take some trees down ?

    Maybe a plan to prune some of them.


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    loyatemu
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    from Grainne McLoughlin on the Greystones Open Forum on Facebook (splitters!)

    "Three are to be felled and two pruned. They had an urban tree inspector by an Arbortor and as a result (& also due to the one falling) three are to be felled and two pruned. Those felled will be replaced."


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    Cerco
    Registered Users Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭Cerco


    loyatemu wrote: »
    from Grainne McLoughlin on the Greystones Open Forum on Facebook (splitters!)

    "Three are to be felled and two pruned. They had an urban tree inspector by an Arbortor and as a result (& also due to the one falling) three are to be felled and two pruned. Those felled will be replaced."

    Should have got an opinion from an arborator. :P

    So who will benefit from the firewood?


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    Maudi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭Maudi


    loyatemu wrote: »
    from Grainne McLoughlin on the Greystones Open Forum on Facebook (splitters!)

    "Three are to be felled and two pruned. They had an urban tree inspector by an Arbortor and as a result (& also due to the one falling) three are to be felled and two pruned. Those felled will be replaced."
    They can put 50 year old trees in their place???


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    Maudi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭Maudi


    loyatemu wrote: »
    from Grainne McLoughlin on the Greystones Open Forum on Facebook (splitters!)

    "Three are to be felled and two pruned. They had an urban tree inspector by an Arbortor and as a result (& also due to the one falling) three are to be felled and two pruned. Those felled will be replaced."
    They can put 50 year old trees in their place???


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    Maudi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭Maudi


    loyatemu wrote: »
    from Grainne McLoughlin on the Greystones Open Forum on Facebook (splitters!)

    "Three are to be felled and two pruned. They had an urban tree inspector by an Arbortor and as a result (& also due to the one falling) three are to be felled and two pruned. Those felled will be replaced."
    They can put 50 year old trees in their place???


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,065 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Maudi I thought you had fixed the posting issue!

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,928 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Maudi wrote: »
    They can put 50 year old trees in their place???

    Druids Glen golf course, when it was being built, hired a machine to allow them to move mature trees around the course. So it is possible, but I don't think Wicklow Co. Co. will be doing this (& I assume it involves digging a very large hole for the root-ball)

    I'd be sorry to see any trees go, but trees don't last forever and it is a busy road. (this is assuming the council's tree guy is correct).


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    greenketchup
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    I noticed that some of the trees on church road were cut down, does anyone know why and are they going to cut down anymore?


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    vinpaul
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    greenketchup wrote: »
    I noticed that some of the trees on church road were cut down, does anyone know why and are they going to cut down anymore?

    During a storm a few weeks ago one was blown down. More were examined and found to be unsafe. Removed by council just over a week ago in the interests of safety.


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