Woodland nursing home is madness

IRELAND has a very small percentage of woodland, approximately 1.5% deciduous and 5% as forestry plantations of conifer.

Woodland nursing home is madness

The little that remains of native woodland comprises oak, alder, ash, birch, hazel, yew and Scots pine.

So I wish to express my concern about the proposed application to destroy part of Knockranny woods in Westport, Co Mayo. Westport Town Council is dealing with a planning application from Coillte which wants to clear five acres of Colonel’s Wood for a nursing home and multistorey car park.

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