Residents concerned about ‘dodgy looking’ trees in Laois housing estate

A NUMBER of trees that were hit badly by the severe winds during Storm Éowyn in January are causing major concern to people living in the Beladd Upper area of Portlaoise and now a councillor has called for them to be removed.

Cllr Marie Tuohy said that locals had serious concerns that they would fall.

She said that during Storm Éowyn a Beech tree fell across the road, “and thankfully nobody was injured. But there’s a couple more that are dodgy looking and residents are concerned about them. The stump of the tree that fell also needs to be removed.” 

Cllr Catherine Fitzgerald seconded cllr Tuohy’s request for the removal of the trees when she raised it at the April meeting of Portlaoise Municipal District Council.

The council’s senior executive engineer Wes Wilkinson said that his staff had already inspected the location and has included the removal of the trees in his list of works.