Charity fundraiser in Lismore may have broken conservation laws

A local resident had said: 'Soil that was undisturbed for hundreds of years was dug out and replaced with grit over a fairly extensive area.'

Lismore's Together We Can held a Christmas festival in an area which is home to uncommon flora as blue anemone (pictured). Picture: iStock

A community group that raised funds for local charities is awaiting the outcome of an ecological study amidst concerns it may have breached conservation laws while being assisted by Waterford City and County Council (WC&CC).

Lismore's Together We Can (TWC) held an inaugural Christmas festival in an area known as ‘the Strand’ at the local Owenashad woods in 2019.