Coillte abandons plan to build road through Cork woodland

RN Councillors Mary Rose Desmond and Terry Shannon, front, with friends of Garryduff Woods as they met at the woods with Coillte, From left: Conor Hayden, Bernard Burke (Coillte) and Robbie Williams.

Coillte has axed controversial plans to build a forest road in a Cork city woodland but does plan to fell trees from a section of the forest.

The forest management agency confirmed it has withdrawn its application for a forest road licence in Old Court Forest, between Douglas and Rochestown, known locally as Garryduff, following a sustained local campaign against the road and felling works.