In pictures: Students plant 100 trees at Limerick school for National Tree Week

STUDENTS attending a County Limerick school have planted 100 trees to celebrate National Tree Week.

The trees were planted at Coláiste Chiaráin in Croom in collaboration with its biodiversity project planting partners, Coillte, The National Tree Council of Ireland and Easy Treesie / Crann. 

This year, the students planted 100 Nordic Maple trees which were supplied by Coillte and the planting of a Morello Cherry tree, gifted by Easy Treesie, in the school's orchard.

Since the new campus on the outskirts of the village opened, the (tree-planting) project has grown to now comprise of nearly 3,500 trees. A biodiversity walkway has also been installed to help create the Coláiste Chiarain biodiversity park.

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During this year's event, there were presentations from Colaiste Chiaráin’s Principal, Gerard O’Sullivan; CEO of the Tree Council of Ireland, Brendan Fitzsimons and as Orla Farrell from Easy Treesie.

The presentation gave an overview of the school’s biodiversity project to a group of American exchange students from Spring-Ford, Pennsylvania, their Irish counterparts, as well as the Coláiste Chiaráin Green Schools Committee.

This project is also part of and contributes to The Easy Treesie national project to get school children to plant a million trees on the Island of Ireland.

Mr O’Sullivan commented:  “This is a wonderful project which will only increase in its value to our school community as time goes by. This particular project is an added amenity which enhances the surroundings of our campus, while at the same time also helps to offset the carbon footprint of our state of the art new school building. Staff and students have been involved in the planting process in collaboration with our planting partners from Coillte, The Tree Council of Ireland and Easy Treesie/Crann.”