Urgent remedial action needed at Tullyglass Hill following Storm Éowyn – Crowe

Urgent remedial action should be carried out to hazardous trees at Tullyglass Hill in Shannon to re-establish safe public use of the popular walking route, according to Clare Fianna Fáil TD, Cathal Crowe.

Deputy Crowe was speaking after visiting the site this week to inspect damage caused by the recent Storm Éowyn.

According to Deputy Crowe: “I am calling on Clare County Council to take swift action to make the forest at Tullyglass Hill, Shannon safe for public use again.

“In the aftermath of Storm Éowyn, there has been considerable damage to the large trees that grow at this location and earlier this week I visited the site, along with local residents, to see the damage first hand.

“Some of the trees growing at the top of Tullyglass Hill are 100 feet high and owing to their elevated location on top of the hill, they were very much windswept during Storm Éowyn and several of them fell straight to the ground.

“A greater problem is fallen trees which have not reached the ground yet and are suspended precariously by the branches of other adjacent trees. I fear that if one of these branches snapped, these huge trees would come crashing to the ground and could pose a serious risk to life.

“I have spoken with Clare County Council and I am aware that they will very shortly undertake a risk assessment done in this wooded area and I hope that the remedial action to remove fallen trees and cut down other trees that are at high risk of falling will be undertaken as soon as possible.”