Dublin Corporation plans to make the city greener by planting more trees.
Dublin Corporation embarks on a £20,000 tree planting scheme at inner city flat complexes. However, two out of every three trees planted by Dublin Corporation is destroyed by vandals.
To counteract this, Dublin Corporation has established an education programme, visiting schools to explain to young people the importance of trees and the need to protecting them from vandalism. Shields are now being placed around trees at a cost of around two pounds each.
Since 1916, over 50,000 trees have been planted by the Corporation. However, only around 20,000 survive.
As part of the new scheme, 3,000 trees will be planted at flat complexes around the city
Jim Shannon, Head of Dublin Corporation Nursery Division, comments on vandalism to trees.
In some parts of the city, a hundred per cent damage has been suffered.
Dublin Corporation is now doubling the number of trees being planted in urban settings because of a growing realisation of the importance of trees in the appearance of the city. Dublin favours unfavourably in comparison to other European cities.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 9 February 1976.
