COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Chief Executive for a progress report on the apple trees that were planted as part of the 300K Have Your Say initiative for Clondalkin. At the time it was expected that other fruit trees and bushes such as pears, plums, goosberries and mulburries would be included, however SDCC stated that they needed to begin with apple trees and review how that went.

REPLY:

The Council planted 62 apple trees across four different locations in 2019.  The locations are set out in the table below along with the status of the trees following an inspection in April 2023.

 

Location	Details	No of trees planted	No of trees present	Reason for missing trees
Corkagh Park	Between cycle track and dog run	35	33	Failed to establish
Clondalkin Park	In wildflower meadow near R113/St John's Estate	5	0	Vandalised
Monastery Gate Close	Open space near Mount Talbot	15	10	Failed to establish
Riversdale estate	Open space between Crescent & Park	7	0	Vandalised

Since the orchards were developed, Clondalkin Tidy Towns planted 5 additional fruit trees at the Corkagh Park site in March 2023.  The trees were donated by the Orchards in the Community/DCs for Bees scheme, which is an initiative to help save the declining bee population.  Three apple varieties, a pear and a plum tree were planted.