Credit unions back plan to plant 7,000 native trees across Cork

From left, Bill Ramsell; Ardmore Tidy Towns, Alan Duff; HSSCU.ie, Julia Blanke; Youghal Tidy Towns, Proinsias O Tuama; East Cork Biodiversity Networking Programme, Valerie Gliffe; Youghal Tidy Towns, Michael Carlin; Cobh Credit Union, Ruth Ring and Hendrick Verwey; Cobh Tidy Towns, Cormac de Frin; Pobalscoil na Tríde and Janette Kenny; Cork County Council. 6,900 native broadleaf trees and 100 Apple trees will be planted across East Cork. Picture: Cathal Noonan

How do you like them apples? The credit union movement has backed an ambitious plan to plant 7,000 native trees across East Cork.