Greater protection for Cork City's trees 

The city has adopted its first tree strategy

Trees at Bishop Lucey Park in Cork CIty. There are about 310,000 trees and more than 1,400kms of hedgerows in Cork City Council’s administrative area. 

Trees in Cork City are in line for greater protection with the adoption of the city’s first tree strategy.

Currently, there are about 310,000 trees and more than 1,400kms of hedgerows in the city council’s administrative area — 17% managed by the council and the rest privately owned or on institutional lands — but just 12 trees are the subject of a tree protection order.