Man has started planting more than €10,000 worth of oak, birch and alder, court hears
A farmer who illegally felled 250 trees has been given the opportunity to carry out remedial work before he is sentenced. Photograph: iStockDaniel Finn from Tevenie, Dromina, Charleville pleaded guilty to a number of offences contrary to the Wildlife Act 1976 relating to the felling of 250 trees on his land at Stream Hill, Doneraile between March 1st and August 31st, 2023 when he first appeared at Mallow District Court last September.
Some of the area affected was in the Ballyhoura Mountains and was subject to a preservation order, Ms Deasy said, adding the clearing also led to the destruction of an aquatic habitat in a watercourse known to support salmonids and the destruction of a river habitat for a distance of 350m.Pancreatic cancer: ‘I just can’t explain what it felt like hearing those words’‘The phone would ring and it would be Mike Scott from the Waterboys or Bono from U2.
Defence solicitor Marie Forde pointed out on the last occasion that her client had entered a guilty plea, had no previous convictions and was cognisant of “the extent and seriousness of the matter” and on Monday she told the court that Mr Finn had made strenuous efforts to try to remediate the land. Judge Colm Roberts said he welcomed the fact that Mr Finn was addressing the issue in the appropriate manner, and he fully accepted that his intention with the felling was not to destroy the environment and “if he knew then what he knows now, I have no doubt he would not be here”.
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