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What happened to the trees we were promised? Bertie's e4m Millennium project derided as 'farce' as Coillte admits that only one in 10 will survive.

Publication: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Publication Date: 23-AUG-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: What happened to the trees we were promised? Bertie's e4m Millennium project derided as 'farce' as Coillte admits that only one in 10 will survive.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Neil Michael CHIEF REPORTER

WHEN it was launched in a blaze of publicity in 1999 by then taoiseach Bertie Ahern, the People's Millennium Forests project seemed like a brilliant, even inspired idea.

Indeed, it seemed there were few better ways for forestry body Coillte to boost its profile and eco-friendly credentials.

Costing just over [umlaut]4m, the project's aims were to 'rescue and restore' 16 woodlands in which 1.2 million trees would be planted with every household in the country receiving a certificate of ownership of each tree.

Anyone with that certificate was - at the time - encouraged to come and visit 'their' tree. It was a process that was supposed to have been aided with the simple use of specific markers and grid references. Last night, however, an audit into the project by the management committee...



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