Residents of Kingston College in Mitchelstown are shocked and dismayed following the deliberate poisoning of trees at the historic residential centre.
Those who maintain the college noticed that the previously healthy, mature trees (3 fir and one sycamore) had been ‘failing’ in recent times. On closer inspection, it was noticed that holes had been carefully drilled in the trees and a quantity of a pesticide, either injected or poured in.
The poisoning quickly undermined the trees, resulting in the decision to fell them.
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