COUNCILLOR CONDEMNS VANDALISM TO CITY TREES

Date Published: 02-Apr-2009

A councillor is condemning overnight vandalism that left 16 trees in the city damaged.Councillor Billy Cameron says 16 trees which were planted just this week at St Michael's clubhouse in Westside, were viciously broken last night.Last month, trees near the pitches at St Michaels were cut down to make way for ESB underground ducts at the site.This week, 38 trees were replanted, but last night 16 of these were broken.Councillor Cameron says that local people are outraged at last night's vandalism.