Cork pupils help take on task of planting 100m trees 'for next generation'

From left: Paddy Twomey, Tadhg Kennedy, Rian Connery, Sean Connery, Zach Horan, Max Walsh and Cian O’Sullivan, pupils from Park National School, getting stuck in planting trees as part of the 100 Million Trees Project on the Kennedy family land. Picture: Chani Anderson.

A mini forest densely planted with thousands of native Irish trees is set to shoot up in a small corner of East Cork, as part of an ambitious project to plant 100m trees nationwide, that could help save the State billions in emissions fines.

The pocket forest on the Kennedy family farm near Killeagh, funded by the 100 Million Trees Project, was planted on Monday using the special Miyawaki dense planting method.