Cork City Council says it lacks funds for ambitious tree planting scheme

Draft proposal to plant one million trees by 2028 — but city only has provision for 2,000 this year

Strong winds in Cork City over the past few years have led to fallen trees. Picture Dan Linehan

Cork City Council doesn't have the money to fund an ambitious proposal to plant one million trees citywide by 2028, councillors have been told.

However, a draft estimate has been set aside in the city’s parks budget to plant around 2,000 trees this year — a significant increase on the planting rate of recent years when just a few hundred trees were being planted annually.