Ash dieback protest: ‘These trees were supposed to be our pension pot, but we just lost them all’
Ash forest owners will protest outside Leinster House on May 29 demanding the government to take their reccomendations into account
A woodland Trust worker inspects ash trees for signs of Dieback Disease. Image: Getty.
Ash forest owners are staging a protest outside Leinster House on Wednesday, May 29. Although they welcome the government’s decision to compensate farmers with the €79m ash dieback scheme, they claim that their recommendations were ignored.
In an emergency meeting, the Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Ash Dieback Committee (LTWO) raised their main objections, which point out that clearing the trees will cost farmers more money and that it does not take the age of the forests into account.
