Peace Tree due for the chop

national | miscellaneous | news report Monday January 20, 2003 19:11 by Niall O Brolchain - Galway Environmental Alliance niallob at esatclear dot ie 83 Ros Ard, Cappagh Road, Galway 091 596680

A Cherry Tree planted in Eyre Square as a symbol of Galway as a ‘Nuclear Free Zone’ is due to be chopped down as part of the proposed redevelopment of Eyre Square.

A Cherry Tree planted in Eyre Square as a symbol of Galway as a ‘Nuclear Free Zone’ is due to be chopped down as part of the proposed redevelopment of Eyre Square.
While hundreds of people from Galway have been involved in the various peace protests in Shannon, to protest at the use of Shannon Airport to facilitate a probable war in the Middle East, a potent symbol of peace in Galway itself is under threat.
A Cherry tree planted to symbolise Galway becoming a ‘Nuclear Free Zone’ is under threat. Cherry trees have a lifespan of over a hundred years and this particular tree should have a long and fruitful life ahead of it. However, it is due for the chop along with 89 other trees in Eyre Square Galway. Perhaps a potent symbol of the times we live in.