Tree planting can be a 'highly effective measure' in enhancing water quality 

Professor Pat Dillon, Teagasc director of research; John Casey, Teagasc forestry advisor; Senator Pippa Hackett, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for land use and biodiversity; professor Frank O'Mara, Teagasc director; and professor Michael O'Donovan, Teagasc head of grassland science in Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork. Picture: O'Gorman Photography

Measures being undertaken at a research farm in Co Cork are showing that tree planting can be a "highly effective measure" in enhancing water quality.

A 'Woodland for Water' event took place at the Teagasc Moorepark Research Centre recently focused on farm sustainability.