Coillte manager denies work an ‘act of vandalism’

Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness has branded recent work by Coillte in Jenkinstown Wood, near Kilkenny city, as an "act of vandalism".

However, the forestry manager for Jenkinstown says Coillte is committed to “improving rather than desecrating” it.

The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, and a regular walker in the wood, Deputy McGuinness has joined growing local dissatisfaction at the felling of trees in the woodland.