Calls for suitable memorial to Cork's iconic 150-year-old Monkey Puzzle tree

The tree in Mahon was a prominent sight before it was blown over during Storm Ellen.

Seeds have been salvaged from a landmark 150-year-old monkey puzzle tree in Cork which was toppled during Storm Ellen, in the hope of germinating a new specimen.

Dr Eoin Lettice, a plant scientist at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) and the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at University College Cork, visited Jacob’s Island in Mahon in a personal capacity on Thursday to retrieve the seeds from the fallen tree - a landmark on the city’s skyline for generations.