Time to protect green infrastructure

Donal Hickey says growth has blighted landscape

AN often overlooked effect of huge economic development in the last 10 to 15 years has been the loss of green, open spaces. Wetlands, such an important habitat for wildlife, have also been disappearing rapidly.

All the new housing, roads, shopping centres and other concrete and tarmacadam developments that have transformed the face of Ireland, have come at a high price to the environment.