Tie a coloured ribbon round an Eyre Square tree

national | miscellaneous | news report Monday January 20, 2003 19:16 by Niall O Brolchain - Galway Environmental Alliance niallob at esatclear dot ie 83 Ros Ard, Cappagh Road, Galway 091 596680

Tie a coloured ribbon round an Eyre Square tree, is the title of a campaign to help save the 90 trees due for the chop in Eyre Square in Galway City Centre.

To date the Galway Environmental Alliance has been running a highly successful and highly visible campaign to ‘tie a coloured ribbon round an Eyre Square tree’. All of the condemned trees in the square now have numerous coloured ribbons tied to them. There has been a huge response from the general public.

Campaign Song to the tune of ‘tie a yellow ribbon’.

Tie a coloured ribbon round an Eyre Square tree,
If you love the trees,
Could you tie one please?,
If you could tie a coloured ribbon round an Eyre Square tree,
Then you’ll make your mark,
In Kennedy Park,
And strike a blow for Democracy,
If you could tie a coloured ribbon round an Eyre Square tree.