The clash between nature and a decent phone signal

Network operators are locked in disputes in different parts of the country over the construction of new transmission masts. File Picture:

A conflict between demands for improved mobile phone reception and the growing of native forestry is underlined by a planning issue in North Cork.

Objections have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against a Cork County Council decision to grant planning for a telecoms mast on Coillte-owned land near Doneraile.