Recycled Christmas tree gets green light

WHAT may turn out to be the country’s most spectacular Christmas tree was switched on in Limerick’s O’Connell Street last night.

Although dubbed ‘green’ and ‘environmentally friendly’, it is made of metal with lights piped along its conical outline.

Much of the metal in the 15m-high tree was recycled from the demolished sections of Thomond Park, cleared away for the new €40 million stadium presently under construction.