NTA must protect 700 trees facing chop under BusConnects plan, expert warns

Dr Eoin Lettice leading a tour of UCC's tree collection. Dr Lettice has also called on the NTA to publish an inventory of all trees facing removal.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) needs to do a lot more to protect the 700 urban trees which still face the chop under the BusConnects Cork project, an expert has said.

UCC-based plant scientist, Dr Eoin Lettice, has also called on the NTA to publish an inventory of all trees facing removal amid concerns that its replanting claims don’t seem to be backed up by maps.