Council defends tree felling in suburban Cork park

Council officials admitted the trees were removed without the usual public notice but stressed they did so for health and safety reasons

Pictured are some trees at Beaumont Park in Cork. File Picture: Larry Cummins

Cork City Council has defended the felling of trees in a suburban park but admitted it did so without the usual public notice.

Several mature trees, which lined part of the eastern edge of Beaumont Park in Blackrock, alongside Avondale’s Utd’s soccer pitch, were felled for what the council says were health and safety reasons.