Calls for special hedge cutting fund to be established
A Leitrim Councillor has called for a special fund to be established in order to help cut hedges on a number of secondary roads and lanes across the county. Independent Councillor, Feilim Gurn, says there are on-going problems with overgrown hedgerows on country lanes that are making it impossible for…
Councillor Baker highlights problem of overgrown hedges at bends, junctions
A meeting of county councillors has heard there is now a major issue because of this year’s exceptional growth that has resulted in dangerous situations with overgrown hedges and vegetation along some roads. It’s almost an annual issue . . . but this year it’s taken on a new urgency…
An Taisce welcomes scrapping of hedge cutting regulations
The decision by the Heritage Minister Josepha Madigan not to proceed with regulations which would allow hedge cutting in August this year has been welcomed by An Taisce. The Heritage Act 2018 allowed the Minister the discretion of permitting hedge cutting on a trial basis in 2019 and 2020. The…
Leitrim Councillor says it’s not fair tourists cars are being scratched by overgrown hedges
A Leitrim councillor says it’s not fair that cars hired by tourists to the county are being scratched by overgrown hedges along some roads. Leitrim County Council insist the cutting of hedges is the responsibility of landowners, adding that it does not have the resources to do more hedge-cutting. Councillors…