Delayed Tree Planting Event In Thurles Now Set For Friday March 21st, Next.

Delayed Planting Of 2,500 Tree In Thurles Now Scheduled For Friday March 21st.

The 100 Million Tree’s Initiative is to plant a 2,500 tree urban forest at Mill Road, south-east of Thurles Town, is now set to take place on Friday March 21st next, at 10:30am.

The planting is set to be undertaken on a strip of land purchased by taxpayers and currently in the care of Tipperary Co. Council, on land on the west side of the Mill Road in the townland of Monakeeba.

See Area Map hereunder. [Eircode E41 NP02].

The event was due to take place initially on Monday January 27th, 2025, however same was cancelled due to weather and ground conditions; the area being part of the flood plain of the River Suir.

100 Million Trees Project:

The 100 Million Trees Project is a national Not-for-Profit initiative being run by siblings, Richard, David and Tina Mulcahy.

The project aims to see the planting of 100 million native Irish trees across the island of Ireland over the next decade, as a community-driven initiative to reverse the immense environmental damage caused by the reduction of forests worldwide and the loss of huge areas of biodiversity.

The project’s ambitious aim will be achieved through densely planting between 500 and 2,500 native Irish trees at a time across small areas of land using ‘The Miyawaki method’.
Named after the late Japanese Botanist, Professor Akira Miyawaki (1928-2021), who developed the technique in the 1970s as a means to restore degraded land, the Miyawaki Method of over-planting trees, has been successful in creating over 1,700 forests worldwide.

Thurles public are invited to attend, with schools; local residents associations and Refresh Thurles (Tidy Towns) being invited to volunteer to aid with the planting; with sponsor Allied Irish Bank (AIB) in attendance to record the event for their website.

By planting excess trees together, same grow 10 times faster; 30 times denser; create an area 100 times more biodiverse, and most importantly create a very rapid carbon sink. This inexpensive approach requires significantly smaller planting areas and can be carried out on unused or fallow land across Ireland. Dense areas of afforestation can also actually play a role in reducing the impact of forest fires, while at the same time provide excellent areas of biodiversity.

In 2022-2023 – 20,600 Irish native trees were planted in 6 counties on the island of Ireland.
In 2023-2024 – a further 201,750 Irish native trees were planted in 19 counties.
In 2024-2025 the target is to plant a further 550,000 trees in 28 counties.