By Dan Walsh
Clonroche Amenity Park has been planted with 2,500 native trees in the company of Cllr John Fleming, Cathaoirleach Wexford County Council, Cllr Michael Sheehan, New Ross Municipal District, members of Clonroche Development Association, members of the local community, Richard Mulcahy and representatives from the Forestry Services were in attendance.
Cllr John Fleming welcomed all and said; “It was great to see Clonroche Amenity Park planted with native trees as part of the 100 million Trees project.” He thanked the Clonroche Development Association, Richard Mulcahy, Wexford County Council and Uniphar for making this project happen. He paid a special word of thanks to all in the local community for their commitment and dedication in keeping the park and the village of Clonroche looking so well’.
Richard Mulcahy said; “We are delighted to partner with Clonroche Development Association and bring the total number of young native trees planted to just over 200,000 across 99 sites.” He thanked Uniphar for their sponsorship for the 2023 / 2024 planting season and stated that the planting in Clonroche Amenity Park will provide so many benefits to the local community and for biodiversity.
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